| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Carcharhinus ambioensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling)
Carcharias amboinensis Müller & Henle, 1839
Carcharias brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1859
Carcharias henlei Bleeker, 1853
Carcharinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling)
Triaenodon obtusus Day, 1878
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| 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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Vernacular Names | | | Language | Name | | |
English |
pigeye shark |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | Djibouti [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
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| Note | |
Description: An inshore species of the continental and insular shelves, commonly found in shallow waters close inshore, near the surf line and along beaches. Sometimes ascends rivers. Feeds on bottom fishes (croakers, soles, hairtails, sharp-nosed sharks and other species, skates, shrimps, cuttlefish, sea snails), crustaceans and molluscs. Apparently viviparous. Size at birth about 71 to 72 cm. Potentially dangerous. Utilized fresh for human consumption. [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217340 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus amboinensis. 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=217340 on 2013-05-20 |
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