macrourus, Alopias Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:12 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:45 [ref. 3595]. •Synonym of Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Compagno 1984:232 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:86 [ref. 26323], Hoese & Gates 2006:73 [ref. 28997], Castro 2011:241 [ref. 31457], Dyldin 2015:47 [ref. 34524], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788). Alopiidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.