WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
AphiaID: 217339
AphiaID: 217339
| 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 bleekeri (Duméril, 1865) Carcharhinus spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) Carcharias bleekeri Duméril, 1865 Carcharias sorrah Müller & Henle, 1839 Carcharias spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) Carcharias taeniatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 Carcharinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling) Carcharius spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) (misspelling) Eulamia spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) Galeolamna isobel Whitley, 1947 Squalus spallanzani Péron & Lesueur, 1822 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [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, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Kroyeria elongata Pillai, 1967 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Kroyeria spatulata Pearse, 1948 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus carcharhini Ho, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (60 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 64 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found on the continental and insular shelves, near islands and reefs. Feeds on small fishes and octopus (Ref. 5213). Possibly to 230 cm. Viviparous; litter size 2-6; 45-60 cm at birth (Ref. 2334). Utilized for human consumption, and probably for finsoup and liver oil. [details] Remark: Authority Mueller & Henle, 1841 according to <143> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217339 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839). 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=217339 on 2013-06-18 | |||||||||||
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