Galapagos Species Database

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Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Tiburon zorro comun

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Elasmobranchii

Order
Lamniformes

Family
Alopiidae

Genus
Alopias

Species
vulpinus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: 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 vulpécula Rafinesque, 1810, Squalus alopecias Gronow, 1854, Squalus vulpes Gmelin, 1789, Squalus vulpes Berkenhout, 1789, Squalus vulpinus Bonnaterre, 1788, Vulpecula marina Garman, 1913 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Migrant

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Alopias vulpinus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24984. Accessed 5 November 2026.