Alopias sp.
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Alopiidae
Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Carcharias cf. ensiculatus, Lamna ensiculata, Odontaspis ensiculata
Carcharias cf. ensiculatus, Lamna ensiculata, Odontaspis ensiculata
Types
Alopias sp.
Alopias sp.
Description:
Citation: Alopias sp. : In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=192;
shark-references Species-ID=192;
References
Fisher perceptions of catch and trade of sharks and rays in Angolan small-scale fisheries. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(5), Article e4168
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.4168
A decade of submersible observations revealed temporal trends in elasmobranchs in a remote island of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 13786
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64157-7
Marine megafauna catch in Thai small-scale fisheries. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 33(11), 1245–1262
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3989
Fishing for survival: Importance of shark fisheries for the livelihoods of coastal communities in Western Ghana. Fisheries Research, 246, Article 106157
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106157
A comparison of catch efficiency and bycatch reduction of tuna pole-and-line fisheries using Japan tuna hook (JT-hook) and circle-shaped hook (C-hook). Marine and Freshwater Research, 73(5), 660–675
DOI: 10.1071/mf21288
Sharing the waves: An exploration of surfer and shark interactions. Marine Policy, 145, 4
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105260
Exploring cost-effective management measures for reducing risks to threatened sharks in a problematic longline fishery. Ocean & Coastal Management, 225, Article 106197
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106197
New technologies can support data collection on endangered shark species in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 689, 57–76
DOI: 10.3354/meps14030
Bycatch Estimates From a Pacific Tuna Longline Fishery Provide a Baseline for Understanding the Long-Term Benefits of a Large, Blue Water Marine Sanctuary. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article 720603
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.720603
Evaluating artisanal fishing of globally threatened sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 16, Article e0256146
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256146
Diet, trophic interactions and possible ecological role of commercial sharks and batoids in northern Peruvian waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 98(3), 768–783
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14624
Quantifying the unreported and unaccounted domestic and foreign commercial catch of sharks and rays in Western Australia. Ambio, 50(7), 1337–1350
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01495-6
Coastal sharks supply the global shark fin trade. Biology Letters, 16(10), Article 20200609
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0609
When sharks are away, rays will play: effects of top predator removal in coral reef ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 641, 145–157
DOI: 10.3354/meps13307
Species composition of the largest shark fin retail-market in mainland China. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 12914
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69555-1
Evidence of increased economic benefits from shark-diving tourism in the Maldives. Marine Policy, 100, 21–26
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.11.004
Feeding habits of thresher sharks Alopias sp. in northern Peru: predators of Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 99(3), 695–702
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315418000504
Overview of elasmobranch fisheries of West Bengal in 2018. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series, 238, 18–22
Observations of shark and ray products in the processing centres of Bangladesh, trade in Cites species and conservation needs. Traffic Bulletin, 30(1), 7–14
Human consumption and popular knowledge on the conservation status of groupers and sharks caught by small-scale fisheries on Abrolhos Bank, SW Atlantic. Marine Policy, 89, 142–146
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.12.020
Shark and ray diversity in the Tropical America (Neotropics)—an examination of environmental and historical factors affecting diversity. PeerJ, 6, Article e5313
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5313
CITES-listed sharks remain among the top species in the contemporary fin trade. Conservations Letters, 11(4), Article e12457
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12457
Remote electronic monitoring as a potential alternative to on-board observers in small-scale fisheries. Biological Conservation, 219, 35–45
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.01.003
Isotopic niches of four commercially important pelagic elasmobranch species captured by the small-scale driftnet fishery of northern Peru. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 46(2), 482–488
DOI: 10.3856/vol46-issue2-fulltext-24
Analysis of bycatch in the South African midwater trawl fishery for horse mackerel Trachurus capensis based on observer data. African Journal of Marine Science, 39(3), 279–291
DOI: 10.2989/1814232x.2017.1366365
Cephalopod species in the diet of large pelagic fish (sharks and billfishes) in Ecuadorian waters. Fisheries Research, 173, 159–168
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.07.002
Technical mitigation measures for sharks and rays in fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species: turning possibility into reality. Aquatic Living Resources, 29(4), Article 402
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2016030
Standardized catch and survival rates, and effect of a ban on shark retention, Palau pelagic longline fishery. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 26(6), 1031–1062
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2599
Global shark attack hotspots, Identifying underlying factors behind increased unprovoked shark bite incidence. Ocean & Coastal Management, 133, 72–84
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.09.010
Do by-catch reduction devices in longline fisheries reduce capture of sharks and rays? A global meta-analysis. Fish and Fisheries, 16(2), 300–309
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12055
Corrigendum to "Shark bycatch and mortality and hook bite-offs in pelagic longlines: Interactions between hook types and leader materials." Fisheries Research, 167, 278–279
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.03.007
Australian and U.S. News Media Portrayal of Sharks and Their Conservation. Conservation Biology, 27(1), 187–196
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01952.x
Comparative abundance of reef sharks in the Western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9–13 July 2012, 5 pp
Discards of sharks by the brazilian leased fleet in 2010. Colllective Volume of Scientifics Papers ICCAT, 68(5), 1938–1948
Shark bycatch and mortality and hook bite-offs in pelagic longlines: Interactions between hook types and leader materials. Fisheries Research, 131–133, 9–14
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.07.001
Potential impacts of emerging mahi-mahi fisheries on sea turtle and elasmobranch bycatch species. Biological Conservation, 144(6), 1841–1849
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.021
Sustainable fishing gear: the case of modified circle hooks in a Costa Rican longline fishery. Marine Biology, 158(4), 757–767
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1604-4
Estadísticas pesqueras de tiburones y rayas en el Pacífico colombiano. Documento Técnico Fundación SQUALUS No FS0111. 70 pp.
Use of shark fin trade data to estimate historic total shark removals in the Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Living Resources, 21(4), 373–381
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008060
By-Catch of Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea: Available Mitigation Tools. In N. Başusta, Ç. Keskin, F. Serena & S. Bernard (Eds.), International workshop on Cartilaginous fishes in the Mediterranean. (pp. 149-161). Turkish Marine Research Foundation, Istanbul
Relative abundance of pelagic sharks in the western north Atlantic ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Gulf and Caribbean Research, 19(2), 37–52
Global estimates of shark catches using trade records from commercial markets. Ecology Letters, 9(10), 1115–1126
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00968.x
Identification of shark species composition and proportion in the Hong Kong shark fin market based on molecular genetics and trade records. Conservation Biology, 20(1), 201–211
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00247.x
A bycatch assessment of the gillnet monkfish Lophius gastrophysus fishery off southern Brazil. Fisheries Research, 72(1), 81–95
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.10.011
Phylogenetic trends in the abundance and distribution of pit organs of elasmobranchs. Acta Zoologica(Stockholm), 85(4), 233–244
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-7272.2004.00176.x
Contributions to the odontological study of living Chondrichthyes. 1. The genus Alopias RAFINESQUE, 1810. Bulletin de l´Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 74, 5–32
Estimates of Sharp Species Composition and Numbers Associated with the Shark Fin Trade Based on Hong Kong Auction Data. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35, 453–465
DOI: 10.2960/J.v36.m488
Results of a fishery-independent survey for pelagic sharks in the western North Atlantic, 1977-1994. Fisheries Research, 55(1–3), 175–192
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00288-0
Shark fisheries in the Caribbean: the status of their management including issues of concern in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Dominica. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, 378/1, 28 pp
Shark bycatch in the Japanese high seas squid driftnet fishery in the North Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Research, 39(2), 127–138
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00179-9
Systematics of the genus Alopias (Lamniformes: Alopiidae) with evidence for the existence of an unrecognized species. Copeia, 1995(3), 562–571
Some copepods parasitic on elasmobranch fishes from the Peruvian coast, with the description of two new species of Eudactylina van Beneden, 1853 (Eudactylinidae) and four new records. Journal of Natural History, 25(5), 1233–1246
DOI: 10.1080/00222939100770761
Polyspecific nature of tuna schools: shark, dolphin, and seabird associates. Fishery Bulletin, 89(3), 343–354
A second species of thresher shark from Florida. Copeia, 1943(1), 54–55
Fisher perceptions of catch and trade of sharks and rays in Angolan small-scale fisheries. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(5), Article e4168
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.4168
A decade of submersible observations revealed temporal trends in elasmobranchs in a remote island of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 13786
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64157-7
Marine megafauna catch in Thai small-scale fisheries. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 33(11), 1245–1262
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3989
Fishing for survival: Importance of shark fisheries for the livelihoods of coastal communities in Western Ghana. Fisheries Research, 246, Article 106157
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106157
A comparison of catch efficiency and bycatch reduction of tuna pole-and-line fisheries using Japan tuna hook (JT-hook) and circle-shaped hook (C-hook). Marine and Freshwater Research, 73(5), 660–675
DOI: 10.1071/mf21288
Sharing the waves: An exploration of surfer and shark interactions. Marine Policy, 145, 4
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105260
Exploring cost-effective management measures for reducing risks to threatened sharks in a problematic longline fishery. Ocean & Coastal Management, 225, Article 106197
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106197
New technologies can support data collection on endangered shark species in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 689, 57–76
DOI: 10.3354/meps14030
Bycatch Estimates From a Pacific Tuna Longline Fishery Provide a Baseline for Understanding the Long-Term Benefits of a Large, Blue Water Marine Sanctuary. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article 720603
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.720603
Evaluating artisanal fishing of globally threatened sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 16, Article e0256146
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256146
Diet, trophic interactions and possible ecological role of commercial sharks and batoids in northern Peruvian waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 98(3), 768–783
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14624
Quantifying the unreported and unaccounted domestic and foreign commercial catch of sharks and rays in Western Australia. Ambio, 50(7), 1337–1350
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01495-6
Coastal sharks supply the global shark fin trade. Biology Letters, 16(10), Article 20200609
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0609
When sharks are away, rays will play: effects of top predator removal in coral reef ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 641, 145–157
DOI: 10.3354/meps13307
Species composition of the largest shark fin retail-market in mainland China. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 12914
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69555-1
Evidence of increased economic benefits from shark-diving tourism in the Maldives. Marine Policy, 100, 21–26
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.11.004
Feeding habits of thresher sharks Alopias sp. in northern Peru: predators of Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 99(3), 695–702
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315418000504
Overview of elasmobranch fisheries of West Bengal in 2018. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series, 238, 18–22
Observations of shark and ray products in the processing centres of Bangladesh, trade in Cites species and conservation needs. Traffic Bulletin, 30(1), 7–14
Human consumption and popular knowledge on the conservation status of groupers and sharks caught by small-scale fisheries on Abrolhos Bank, SW Atlantic. Marine Policy, 89, 142–146
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.12.020
Shark and ray diversity in the Tropical America (Neotropics)—an examination of environmental and historical factors affecting diversity. PeerJ, 6, Article e5313
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5313
CITES-listed sharks remain among the top species in the contemporary fin trade. Conservations Letters, 11(4), Article e12457
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12457
Remote electronic monitoring as a potential alternative to on-board observers in small-scale fisheries. Biological Conservation, 219, 35–45
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.01.003
Isotopic niches of four commercially important pelagic elasmobranch species captured by the small-scale driftnet fishery of northern Peru. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 46(2), 482–488
DOI: 10.3856/vol46-issue2-fulltext-24
Analysis of bycatch in the South African midwater trawl fishery for horse mackerel Trachurus capensis based on observer data. African Journal of Marine Science, 39(3), 279–291
DOI: 10.2989/1814232x.2017.1366365
Cephalopod species in the diet of large pelagic fish (sharks and billfishes) in Ecuadorian waters. Fisheries Research, 173, 159–168
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.07.002
Technical mitigation measures for sharks and rays in fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species: turning possibility into reality. Aquatic Living Resources, 29(4), Article 402
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2016030
Standardized catch and survival rates, and effect of a ban on shark retention, Palau pelagic longline fishery. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 26(6), 1031–1062
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2599
Global shark attack hotspots, Identifying underlying factors behind increased unprovoked shark bite incidence. Ocean & Coastal Management, 133, 72–84
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.09.010
Do by-catch reduction devices in longline fisheries reduce capture of sharks and rays? A global meta-analysis. Fish and Fisheries, 16(2), 300–309
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12055
Corrigendum to "Shark bycatch and mortality and hook bite-offs in pelagic longlines: Interactions between hook types and leader materials." Fisheries Research, 167, 278–279
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.03.007
Australian and U.S. News Media Portrayal of Sharks and Their Conservation. Conservation Biology, 27(1), 187–196
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01952.x
Comparative abundance of reef sharks in the Western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9–13 July 2012, 5 pp
Discards of sharks by the brazilian leased fleet in 2010. Colllective Volume of Scientifics Papers ICCAT, 68(5), 1938–1948
Shark bycatch and mortality and hook bite-offs in pelagic longlines: Interactions between hook types and leader materials. Fisheries Research, 131–133, 9–14
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.07.001
Potential impacts of emerging mahi-mahi fisheries on sea turtle and elasmobranch bycatch species. Biological Conservation, 144(6), 1841–1849
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.021
Sustainable fishing gear: the case of modified circle hooks in a Costa Rican longline fishery. Marine Biology, 158(4), 757–767
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1604-4
Estadísticas pesqueras de tiburones y rayas en el Pacífico colombiano. Documento Técnico Fundación SQUALUS No FS0111. 70 pp.
Use of shark fin trade data to estimate historic total shark removals in the Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Living Resources, 21(4), 373–381
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008060
By-Catch of Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea: Available Mitigation Tools. In N. Başusta, Ç. Keskin, F. Serena & S. Bernard (Eds.), International workshop on Cartilaginous fishes in the Mediterranean. (pp. 149-161). Turkish Marine Research Foundation, Istanbul
Relative abundance of pelagic sharks in the western north Atlantic ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Gulf and Caribbean Research, 19(2), 37–52
Global estimates of shark catches using trade records from commercial markets. Ecology Letters, 9(10), 1115–1126
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00968.x
Identification of shark species composition and proportion in the Hong Kong shark fin market based on molecular genetics and trade records. Conservation Biology, 20(1), 201–211
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00247.x
A bycatch assessment of the gillnet monkfish Lophius gastrophysus fishery off southern Brazil. Fisheries Research, 72(1), 81–95
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.10.011
Phylogenetic trends in the abundance and distribution of pit organs of elasmobranchs. Acta Zoologica(Stockholm), 85(4), 233–244
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-7272.2004.00176.x
Contributions to the odontological study of living Chondrichthyes. 1. The genus Alopias RAFINESQUE, 1810. Bulletin de l´Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 74, 5–32
Estimates of Sharp Species Composition and Numbers Associated with the Shark Fin Trade Based on Hong Kong Auction Data. Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35, 453–465
DOI: 10.2960/J.v36.m488
Results of a fishery-independent survey for pelagic sharks in the western North Atlantic, 1977-1994. Fisheries Research, 55(1–3), 175–192
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00288-0
Shark fisheries in the Caribbean: the status of their management including issues of concern in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Dominica. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, 378/1, 28 pp
Shark bycatch in the Japanese high seas squid driftnet fishery in the North Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Research, 39(2), 127–138
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00179-9
Systematics of the genus Alopias (Lamniformes: Alopiidae) with evidence for the existence of an unrecognized species. Copeia, 1995(3), 562–571
Some copepods parasitic on elasmobranch fishes from the Peruvian coast, with the description of two new species of Eudactylina van Beneden, 1853 (Eudactylinidae) and four new records. Journal of Natural History, 25(5), 1233–1246
DOI: 10.1080/00222939100770761
Polyspecific nature of tuna schools: shark, dolphin, and seabird associates. Fishery Bulletin, 89(3), 343–354
A second species of thresher shark from Florida. Copeia, 1943(1), 54–55