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title: "Haringhaai"
description: "Lamna nasus — Vissen. The porbeagle or porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/porbeagle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Haringhaai

> Lamna nasus — Vissen. The porbeagle or porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere.

- Scientific name: *Lamna nasus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 178
- Wikidata: [Q136842](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136842)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63508](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63508)

## Names

- en: Porbeagle
- de: Heringshai
- es: Tiburón macarel
- fr: Requin-taupe commun
- nl: Haringhaai
- pl: Lamna śledziowa

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (42), CL (27), CA (23), AU (3)

## Summary

The porbeagle or porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere. In the North Pacific, its ecological equivalent is the closely related salmon shark (L. ditropis). It typically reaches 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in length and a weight of 135 kg (298 lb); North Atlantic sharks grow larger than Southern Hemisphere sharks and differ in coloration and aspects of life history. Grey above and white below, the porbeagle has a very stout midsection that tapers towards the long, pointed snout and…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porbeagle

## Photo

![Haringhaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/porbeagle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tabaré Barreto · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36792521

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/porbeagle?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).