porbeagle
Lamna nasus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Family
- Lamnidae
- Genus
- Lamna
Where to Find
Found in 11 diving areas across 7 countries and 4 regions.
- Victoria, Australia - 4 records
- Fiordland, New Zealand - 15 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 18 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 2 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 6 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 2370 records