WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839)
AphiaID: 217335
AphiaID: 217335
| 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 |
Carcharias macloti Müller & Henle, 1839 Hypoprion macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Little-known. Found on the continental and insular shelves close inshore. Probably feeds on small fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans. Viviparous, with a yolk-sac placenta and number of young 1 or 2 to a litter. Size at birth 45 to 50 cm. Utilized fresh and dried-salted for human consumption. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217335 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus macloti. 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=217335 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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