Porbeagle
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Also calledAlmindelig sildehaj (dan) · An craosaire (gle) · Cailón (spa) · Cailón marrajo (spa) · Corgwn Môr (cym) · Dikburun karkarias (tur) · Harilik heeringahai (est) · Heringcápa (hun) · Heringshai (deu) · Hámeri (isl) · Håbrand (nor) · Håbrand (swe) · Håbrand e. Sillhaj (swe) · Håbrandshaj (swe)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
materials_examined
Fresh material: 3 specimens, ERB 0 928, male, 1620 mm TL, 21 September 2007, La Rochelle fish market, France, northeast Atlantic Ocean; ERB 0 929, male, 1740 mm TL, same date and provenance; ERB 0 930, male, 1660 mm TL, same date and provenance. Additional material: 5 dried chondrocrania, IRScNB 476 and IRScNB 2189 β, juvenile specimens, sex, no data; IRScNB 1352 β, subadult specimen, male, length unknown, Belgium, North Sea; IRScNB 1353, adult specimen, no data; IRScNB 2189, juvenile specimen, no data, Nice, France, Mediterranean. Additional illustrations: Parker (1887, pl. 4, figs. 2, 4; pl. 5, unnumbered fig. (lower part of plate only), Garman (1913, pl. 62, figs. 1 – 3); Block & Carey (1985, fig. 4 A – B), Chevrier (1986, p. 6, unnumbered figs.), Compagno (1990, figs. 5 N, 6 M, 7 N; non fig. 6 N, mislabelled), Goto (1996, fig. 5 D), Wilga (2005, fig. 3 C), and Mollen (2010, fig. 4 A – B; pls 1 – 3).
Comparative morphology of rostral cartilages in extant mackerel sharks (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes, Lamnidae) using CT scanning
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre 1788)
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) Lamna nasus: Baranes, 1979 (Heb.); Baranes & Diamant, 1983a (Heb.); Golani, 1996; Golani, 2005; Golani, 2006.
An updated Checklist of the Mediterranean fishes of Israel, with illustrations of recently recorded species and delineation of Lessepsian migrants
discussion
Remarks: Uncommon off the South African mainland, but common to the south and around Prince Edwards Islands where water temperatures are below 18 ° C. Conservation status: VU (2019).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: Bass et al. (1975 c) commented on a young specimen of 125 cm TL in the SAM collection (no number) caught in False Bay, April 1928. Smith (1949 b) recorded one from off Knysna, but without any details. South African distribution: Southwest of Cape Town to possibly off Knysna (WC).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
In the stacks
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Every page naming Lamna nasus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5216239.