Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Synonyms:
Squalus vulpinus Bonnaterre, 1788, Tabl. encyc. méth.... Ichth.: 9, pl. 85 (fig. 349). Type: unknown.
Squalus vulpes Gmelin in Linnaeus and Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat.: 1496.
Alopias vulpes: Bonaparte, 1835, fasc. 13, illustr. | Müller and Henle, 1841: 74, pl. | Moreau, 1881: 287 (France) | Vaillant, 1885: 14 (embryos, sizes) | Smitt, 1895: 1136 (Scandinavia) | Collett, 1905a: 79 (Norway) | Lozano Rey, 1928: 411 (Spain).
Alopias vulpinus: Tortonese, 1938: 293 (Adriatic, Mediterranean) | Bigelow and Schroeder, 1948b: 167, fig. 27-28 (synonymy) | Albuquerque, 1954-56: 85, fig. 48 (Portugal, Madeira) | Bini, 1967: 53, fig. | Parin, 1968: 50 (habitat) | Wheeler, 1969: 56, fig., pl. (British Isles).
Common names:
Thresher shark [UK and USA]
fox shark [UK and USA]
Renard de mer [France and Belgium]
Zorro [Spain]
pez zorro [Spain]
Fuchshai [Germany]
Raevehai [Denmark]
alepouskylos [Greece]
lisica [former Yugoslavia]
pesce volpe [Italy]
voshaai [Netherlands and Belgium]
Raevehai [Norway]
zorra [Portugal]
sapan [Turkey]