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Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Lamniformes
family
Alopiidae
genus
Alopias
species
Alopias vulpinus

Name

Synonyms
Alopecias barrae Pérez Canto, 1886
Alopecias chilensis Philippi, 1902
Alopecias longimana Philippi, 1902
Alopecias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789)
Alopias caudatus Phillipps, 1932
Alopias greyi Whitley, 1937
Alopias macrourus Rafinesque, 1810
Alopias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789)
Carcharias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789)
Galeus vulpecula Rafinesque, 1810
Squalus alopecias Gronow, 1854
Squalus vulipinis (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Squalus vulpes Berkenhout, 1789
Squalus vulpes Gmelin, 1789
Squalus vulpinus Bonnaterre, 1788
Vulpecula marina Garman, 1913
Homonyms
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Common names
Aleposkylos in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Alepouskylos in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Alepoùskylos in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Almindelig rævehaj in Danish
Almindelig rævehaj in Danish
Atlantic Thresher in English
Atlantic thresher in English
Azotador in Spanish
Big-Eye Thresher in English
Big-eye thresher in English
Big-eye thresher in English
Bigeye Thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Budenb in Maltese
Budenb in Maltese
Cacao-raposa in Portuguese
Cação-pena in Portuguese
Cação-raposa in Portuguese
Chichi espada in Spanish
Chichi espada in Spanish
Coleto in Spanish
Coludo in Spanish
Coludo pinto in Spanish
Common Thresher in English
Common Thresher Shark in English
Common thresher in English
Common thresher in English
Common thresher in English
Common thresher shark in English
Common thresher shark in English
Cá Nhàm đuôi dài in Vietnamese
Drescher in German
Drescher in German
Drescherhai in German
Faux in French
Faux in French
Fox Shark in English
Fox shark in English
Fox shark in English
Fox shark in English
Fox shark in English
Fox shark in English
Fuchshai in German
Fuchshai in German
Fuchshai in German
Fuchshai in German
Fynstert-sambokhaai in Afrikaans
Fynstert-sambokhaai in Afrikaans
Gewöhnlicher Fuchshai in German
Grayfish in English

Bibliographic References

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  2. Branstetter, Steven / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Thresher Sharks: Family Alopiidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 34-36.
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