WoRMS taxon details
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (Richardson, 1836)
AphiaID: 158510
AphiaID: 158510
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Carcharhinidae (Family) > Rhizoprionodon (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Rhizoprionodon terraenova (Richardson, 1836) (misspelling) Scoliodon terraenovae (Richardson, 1836) Squalus terraenovae Richardson, 1836 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Robins et al., 1986 [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, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Kroyerina deetsorum Benz, Smith & Bullard, 2001 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 36 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Shrimps, molluscs and small fishes [details] Distribution: New Brunswick to the Gulf of Mexico [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: coastal species, enters bays and estuaries [details] Importance: Social- Subsistence fisheries, gamefish [details] Predators: Man [details] Reproduction: Viviparous, usually 4-7 pups born early June in shallow estuarine or shallow coastal waters [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158510 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (Richardson, 1836). 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=158510 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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