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WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
AphiaID: 105795
AphiaID: 105795
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of | Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Carcharhinus melanoptures (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling) Carcharias commersoni (Blainville, 1816) Carcharias elegans Ehrenberg, 1871 Carcharias marianensis Engelhardt, 1912 Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Carcharias playfairii Günther, 1870 Carcharinus melanoptera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling) Carcharinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling) Hypoprion playfairi (Günther, 1870) Squalus carcharias minor Forsskål, 1775 Squalus commersonii Blainville, 1816 Squalus ustus Duméril, 1824 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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 - Chondrichthyes, 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. 358-360 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Common in reef flats, shallow lagoons and reef margins (Ref. 1602). Occurs singly or in small groups. Feeds on small fishes (including sharks, Ref. 5213) and cephalopods. Reported to cause poisoning (Ref. 4690). Generally marketed fresh (as fillet), may be dried, salted, smoked (Ref. 5284) or frozen (Ref. 9987). Fins are valued for shark-fin soup (Ref. 9987). [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105795 on 2010-02-09 | |||||||||||
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