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WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)
AphiaID: 105798
AphiaID: 105798
| 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 |
Hypoprion bigelowi Cadenat, 1956 Hypoprion longirostris Poey, 1876 Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868 | ||||||||||
| 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] additional source: Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database., available online at http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Collection/collectdata.htm [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [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, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds mainly on small bony fishes and squid [details] Distribution: Delaware to Florida, Bahamas, and Cuba; southern Brazil, Argentina [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Found at depths between 0 - 600m. [details] Importance: Social- Commercial fishery [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105798 on 2010-09-02 | |||||||||||
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