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WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
AphiaID: 217341
AphiaID: 217341
| 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 acarenatus Moreno & Hoyos, 1983 Carcharhinus ahenea (Stead, 1938) Carcharhinus improvisus Smith, 1952 Carcharhinus remotoides Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981 Carcharhinus remotus (Duméril, 1865) Carcharhinus rochensis Abella, 1972 Carcharias brachyurus Günther, 1870 Carcharias lamiella Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Carcharias remotus Duméril, 1865 Eulamia ahenea Stead, 1938 Galeolamna ahenea (Stead, 1938) Galeolamna greyi Owen, 1853 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| 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 (look up in IMIS) [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] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Seychelles (from synonym) [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found along continental margins in most tropical and temperate seas. Feeds on other sharks, rays, bony fishes, and cephalopods. Viviparous, with a yolk-sac placenta, and has litters of 13 to 20 pups, 60 to 70 cm at birth (Ref. 2334). Migratory in the northern part of its range, moving northward in spring and summer and southward in autumn and winter. Utilized for human consumption. Considered a dangerous species. [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217341 on 2010-02-09 | |||||||||||
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