WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
AphiaID: 217337
AphiaID: 217337
| 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 |
Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling) Carcharhinus amblyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling) Carcharhinus menisorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick, 1982 Carcharias amblyrhynchos Bleeker, 1856 Carcharias nesiotes Snyder, 1904 Carcharinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling) Galeolamna coongoola Whitley, 1964 Galeolamna fowleri Whitley, 1944 Galeolamna tufiensis Whitley, 1949 | |||||||||||||
| 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: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Cargados Carajos [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Nemesis robusta (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pandarus floridanus Cressey, 1967 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (55 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 35 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Abundant in lagoons of coral islands, often in deeper areas near drop-offs. Frequently found in large groups, may become very aggressive if food is in the water. Feeds on reef bony fishes, squid, octopi, crabs, lobsters and shrimp. Viviparous. More active nocturnally. Readily enters into a frenzy feeding pattern, at which time it may become quite dangerous. Repeatedly incriminated in human attacks. Shows microhabitat separation from the blacktip reef shark. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217337 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos. 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=217337 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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