Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diagnosis: body slender. Snout very long, conical. Teeth serrate, uppers oblique, lowers erect, both with broad cusps. Gill-slits short, papillose gillrakers present on gill arches. Pectoral fins long (greater than head length), slender and falcate; first dorsal fin low, its apex rounded, midpoint of its base closer to origin of pelvic fins than to insertion of pectoral fins; inter-dorsal ridge absent. Colour: bright blue above, white below. Size: to 383 cm TL, mostly less than 300 cm TL.

Habitat: open oceanic waters outside continental shelf, but occurring also in coastal waters; epipelagic, often seen swimming slowly at surface. Food: fishes and squids. Reproduction: viviparous, litters large, up to 80 young, usually less. Pups born at 35-45 cm TL; gestation period 9-12 months.

Distribution: widespread northward to Norway and throughout the Mediterranean. Elsewhere, cosmopolitan in tropical to cool-temperate waters.

Complementary iconography. Bonaparte, 1840, fasc. 27, fig. | Day, 1882, pl. 152 | Smitt, 1895, fig. 326, pl. 50 (fig. 3) | Jordan & Evermann, 1900, pl. 4 (fig. 16) | Garman, 1913, pl. 3 (fig. 1-3) | Lozano Rey, 1928, fig. 98-99, pl. 3 (fig. 1) | Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948, fig. 47-48 | Tortonese, 1956, fig. 81-82.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. Lo Bianco, 1909: 666 | Ranzi, 1932: 262;1934: 398 | Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948: 286 | Tortonese, 1956: 154 | Capapé, 1974a: 333.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Chondrichthyes
Superorder Pleurotremata
Family Carcharhinidae
Genus Prionace
Species Prionace glauca

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms:

Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Squalus glaucus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1:235 ('Habitat in Oceano
Europaeo').
? Squalus rondeletii Risso, 1810, Ichthyol. Nice: 27 (Europe).
Squalus glaucus: Risso, 1810: 26 Blainville, 1825: 92 Bonaparte, 1840, fasc. 27, fig.
Squalus caeruleus Blainville, 1825, Faune franç., Poiss.: 90, pl. 23 (fig. 1) (Mediterranean).
? Galeus thalassinus Valenciennes, 1835, in Cuvier. Lecons d'Anat. comp., ed. II: 2, 165 (Atlantic and Mediterranean).
Thalassorhinus vulpecula Valenciennes, 1841, in Müller & Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiost.: 62, 189 (Atlantic and Mediterranean).l
Thalassinus rondelettii Moreau, 1881, Hist. nat. Poiss. France, 1: 319, fig. 47 (Atlantic and Mediterranean).
Carcharias glaucus: Moreau, 1881: 329, fig. 50-52 Day, 1882: 289, pl. 152 Smitt, 1895: 1130, fig. 326, Pl. 50 (fig. 3) Ehrenbaum, 1927a: xii. el2, fig. 8;1933, in Joubin, ed., fiche 14, fig.; 1936: 273, fig. 241 Noronha & Sarmento, 1948: 129, 138 Soljan, 1948: 61, fig.
Prionace glauca: Lozano Rey, 1928: 336, fig. 98-99, pl. 3 (fig. 1) Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948: 282, fig. 47-48 Tortonese, 1956: 151, fig. 81-82 Wheeler, 1969: 59, fig. 25, pl. 4.
Glyphis glaucus: Fowler, 1936: 54, fig. 13 Poll, 1947: 52, fig. 27-28 Albuquerque, 1954-1956: 100, fig. 59-60.
Galeus glaucus: Dieuzeide et al., 1953: 38, fig.
Carcharhinus glaucus: Dollfus, 1955: 19.

Common names:

Blue shark [En]
Peau bleue [Fr]
requin bleu [Fr]
Tiburon azul [Es]
tintorera [Es]
zérica [Ar]
blaahaj [Da]
Blauhai [De]
zupka [Hr]
verdesca [It]
blauwe haai [Ne]
blaahai [No]
tintureira [Pr]
tintureiro [Pr]
blahaj [Sv]

Albuquerque, R. M. 1954-1956. Peixes de Portugal e ilhas adjacentes. Chavas para a sua determinação. Port. Acta biol., ser. B,5:xvi+1167 p., 445 fig.

Bigelow, H. B.; Schroeder, W. C. 1948b. Sharks. In: Fishes of the western north Atlantic. Mem. Sears Found. Mar. Res., New Haven, 1(1): 59-576, fig. 6-106.

Blainville, H. M. Ducrotay de. 1825. Vertébrés. Classe V. Poissons. Sous classe Ire. Poissons cartilagineux. In: P. Vieillot et al., 1820-30, Faune francaise ou histoire naturelle générale et particulière des animaux qui se trouvent en France, livr. 13-14, 96 p., 22 pl. (num. I to 68 with lacks).

Bonaparte, C. L. 1832-41, Iconografia della Fauna italica per le quattro classi degli Animali Vertebrati, tomo III, Pesci, Roma, without pagination, 75 puntate (in 30 fasc.), 78 pl.

Capapé, C. 1974a. Observations sur la sexualite, la reproduction et la fecondite de 16 Selaciens pleurotremes, ovipares, aplacentaires des cotes tunisiennes. Arch. Inst. Pasteur Tunis, 51: 229-256, 329-344.

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. 1828-49. Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Paris-Strasbourg, 22 vol., 11030 p., 621 pl. (numb. 1-650).1,1828: xvi+573 p., pl. I-VIII [author: Cuvier]; 2, 1828: xxi+490 p., pl. 9-40 [Cuv.:1-238, 249-262, 387-490; Val. : 238-249, 262-386]; 3 April 1829: xxiii+500p., pl. 41-71 [Cuvier]; 4,1829: xxvi+518 p., pl. 72-99 [Cuvier]; S, 1830: xxviii+499 p., pl. 100-140 [Cuvier]; 6, 1830: xxiv+559 p., pl. 141-169 [Val. :1-425, 493-559; Cuv.: 426-491]; 7, 1831: xxix+531 p., pl. 170-208 [Cuv. :1-440; Val.: 441-531]; 8, 1832: xix+509 p., pl. 209-245 [Cuv. :1-470; Val.: 471-509]; 9, 1833: xxix+ 512 p., pl. 246-279 [Cuv. :1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Val. :199-329, 359-371, 429-512];10,1835: xxiv+482 p., pl. 280-306 [Val.]; 11, 1836: xx+506 p., pl. 307343 [Val.]; 12, 1837: xxix+507 p., pl. 344-368 [Val.]; 13, 1839: xix+505 p., pl. 369-388 [Val.]; 14,1840: xxii+464 p., pl. 389-420 [Val.]; 15,1840: xxi+540 p., pl. 421-455 [Val.]; 16,1842: xx+472 p., pl. 456-487 [Val.]; 17,1844: xxiii+497 p., pl. 487-519 [Val.]; 18,1846: xix+505 p., pl. 520-553 [Val.]; 19,1847: xix+544 p., pl. 554590 [Val.]; 20,1847: xviii+472 p., pl. 591-606 [Val.]; 21,1848: xiv+536 p., pl. 607-633 [Val.]; 22,1849: xx+532 p., pl. 634650 [Val.].

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