Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105841 on 2025-07-16
basis of recordvan der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology sourceLooby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online athttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4[details]
Other
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additional sourceO'Boyle, R. N.; Fowler, G. M.; Hurley, P. C. F.; Showell, M. A.; Stobo, W.T.; Jones, C. (1996). Observations on porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) in the North Atlantic. <em>DFO Atlantic fisheries research document.</em> 1-29.[details]
additional sourceScott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.[details]
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additional sourceBonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online athttps://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 page(s): 10 [details]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Classification Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details] Diet Feeds mainly on herring, gaspereau, and mackerels; cod, white hake, red hake, haddock, cusk, and squid are eaten less often. [details] Distribution Newfoundland to New Jersey [details] Habitat nektonic [details] Habitat Prefers cool waters, common on continental shelves but have also been found well offshore as well as inshore areas. [details] Importance Scientific- Used for human food, liver for oil and the carcass for fish meal. [details] Predators Few enemies other than man [details] Reproduction Ovoviviparous and oophagous, with an average litter size of around 4 pups [details]