Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Isurus paucus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Lamniformes
Family
Lamnidae
Genus
Isurus
Species
paucus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Isurus alatus Garrick, 1967, Lamiostoma belyaevi Glückman, 1964 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Migrant
- 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, Isurus paucus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24985. Accessed 3 October 2026.