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WoRMS taxon details
Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837)
AphiaID: 105817
AphiaID: 105817
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Sphyrnidae (Family) > Sphyrna (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Sphyrna ligo Fraser-Brunner, 1950 Sphyrna mokorran Rüppell, 1837 (misspelling) Zygaena dissimilis Murray, 1887 Zygaena mokarran Rüppell, 1837 | ||||||||||
| 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: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [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] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Grecian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [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 (50 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: A coastal-pelagic, semi-oceanic shark, found close inshore and well offshore, over the continental shelves, island terraces, and in passes and lagoons. Nomadic and migratory. Feeds on small bony fishes, crabs and squid, also on other sharks, rays, and lobsters. Viviparous, with 13 to 38 young in a litter. Size at birth 50 to 70 cm. Potentially dangerous. Meat utilized for human consumption, liver oil for vitamins, fins for soup, and hides for leather. [details] Diet: Feeds on stingrays and other batoids, groupers and sea catfishes, but also preys on other small bony fishes, crabs, squid, other sharks, rays, and lobsters [details] Distribution: North Carolina to Uruguay (highly migratory species) [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Found at depths of 1 - 300m. [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, fisheries [details] Reproduction: Viviparous species, produces 13-42 of 56 to 70 cm young a litter [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837). 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=105817 on 2010-09-02 | |||||||||||
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