WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
AphiaID: 105792
AphiaID: 105792
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Carcharhinidae (Family) > Carcharhinus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Carcharhinus azureus (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) Carcharhinus nicaraguensis (Gill, 1877) Carcharhinus vanrooyeni Smith, 1958 Carcharhinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852) Carcharias azureus Gilbert & Starks, 1904 Carcharias leucas Müller & Henle, 1839 Carcharias spenceri Ogilby, 1910 Carcharias zambesensis Peters, 1852 (misspelling) Carcharias zambezensis Peters, 1852 Carcharinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling) Carcharinus zambesensis (Peters, 1852) (misspelling) Carcharinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852) (misspelling) Eulamia nicaraguensis Gill, 1877 Galeolamna bogimba Whitley, 1943 Galeolamna greyi mckaili Whitley, 1945 Galeolamna leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) (synonym) Galeolamna mckaili Whitley, 1945 Prionodon platyodon Poey, 1860 Squalus obtusus Poey, 1861 Squalus platyodon (Poey, 1860) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Nemesis robusta (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Kroyeria carchariaeglauci Hesse, 1878 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Perissopus dentatus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Kroyeria gracilis Wilson C.B., 1932 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus sinuatus Say, 1818 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Irodes gracilis (Heller, 1865) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lepeophtheirus longispinosus Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus carcharhini Ho, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Paralebion elongatus Wilson C.B., 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Alebion gracilis Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nesippus crypturus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (62 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 50 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Euryhaline, found in coastal waters including bays, estuaries, and rivers. Occasionally found in the surf zone (Ref. 9710). Feeds on small sharks, rays, and sea urchins. Viviparous, with a yolk-sac placenta, 1 to 13 young per litter. Very hardy and lives well in captivity. The most dangerous species of tropical shark. Has repeatedly been implicated in attacks on humans (Ref. 4967). Utilized for human consumption, fins for soup, hides for leather, and liver for oil. Sympatric with @C. amboinensis, G. gangeticus@. [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to southern Brazil [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Remark: Authority (Mueller & Henle, 1841) according to <143> [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105792 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus leucas. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105792 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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