Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Prionace glauca
tiburón azul, azulejo, Blue shark
graceful blue shark with a long, conical Snout, large eyes, and curved triangular upper teeth with saw edges. Dark blue dorsally, bright blue on the sides, white ventrally
Subtropical(7-21°C)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Prionace
Species
glauca
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Prionace glauca", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12801. Accessed 20 July 2025.