Deep-Sea taxon details
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
105841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105841)
accepted
Species
Lamna cornubica (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted (Following synonymy of Squalus...)
Following synonymy of Squalus cornubicus Gmelin
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Bonnaterre, 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 at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [details] 
Type locality contained in Cornwall
type locality contained in Cornwall (doubtful) [details]
Distribution Newfoundland to New Jersey
Distribution Newfoundland to New Jersey [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105841 on 2026-03-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105841 on 2026-03-19
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(of ) Bonnaterre, 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 at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van 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]
additional source Campana, S.; Marks, L.; Joyce, W.; Harley, S. (2001). Analytical assessment of the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) population in the northwest Atlantic, with estimates of long-term sustainable yield. <em>Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.</em> 1-59. [details]
additional source O'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 source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Bonnaterre, 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 at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, 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 at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van 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]
additional source Campana, S.; Marks, L.; Joyce, W.; Harley, S. (2001). Analytical assessment of the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) population in the northwest Atlantic, with estimates of long-term sustainable yield. <em>Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.</em> 1-59. [details]
additional source O'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 source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Bonnaterre, 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 at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, 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 at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present 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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | haringhaai | [details] |
| Albanian | tonil | [details] |
| Catalan | taurónas llargmarraix | [details] |
| Danish | sillhajsildehajsildehaaen | [details] |
| Dutch | neushaaiharinghaai | [details] |
| English | swordfinsalmon sharkporbeagle sharkporbeaglemackerel sharkherring sharkcommon porbeaglebottle-nosed sharkblue sharkblue dogBeaumaris sharkAtlantic porbeagleAmerican porbeagle(common) Atlantic mackerel shark | [details] |
| French | touilletouilele boeuf taupetauperequin-taupe communrequin long neznezmelantounmaraîchemaraicheloutre de merle squale nezle lamie long nezlatourlamie | [details] |
| German | Heringshai | [details] |
| Hebrew | עמלץ חוטמני | [details] |
| Icelandic | hámeri | [details] |
| Italian | sorglio pisci tunnusmerigliopisci canilamna smeriglioisuro muso acutocani di mercagnia | [details] |
| Lithuanian | atlantinis silkiaryklis | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Λάμια | [details] |
| Norwegian | håbrann | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | håbrann | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | håbrann | [details] |
| Polish | żarłacz śledziowylamna śledziowa | [details] |
| Portuguese | sardorequimnequimmarrachoarrequimanequim | [details] |
| Russian | атлантическая сельдевая акулаakula sel devaia | [details] |
| Slovenian | atlantski mroski pesatlantski morski pes | [details] |
| Spanish | marraquetmarrajo sardineromarrajomarracoludiael marragocalderoncailón | [details] |
| Swedish | sillhajhåbrandhaamarhaabranden | [details] |
| Turkish | harhariyasdikburun harhariyasdikburun camgözdikburun camgozdikburundik burun köpekbalığıdik burun kopekbaligi | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Звичайна оселедцева акулаАкула оселедцева звичайна | [details] |
| Welsh | morgi mawrcorgi môr | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (135 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (468 publications) (from synonym Lamna cornubica (Gmelin, 1789))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lamna nasus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lamna cornubica (Gmelin, 1789))
To GenBank (313 nucleotides; 169 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lamna nasus RAD110865-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lamna nasus RAD110865-002)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (135 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (468 publications) (from synonym Lamna cornubica (Gmelin, 1789))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lamna nasus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lamna cornubica (Gmelin, 1789))
To GenBank (313 nucleotides; 169 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lamna nasus RAD110865-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lamna nasus RAD110865-002)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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