WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)
AphiaID: 217352
AphiaID: 217352
| 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 platyrhynchus (Gilbert, 1892) Carcharias albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837 Carcharinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) (misspelling) Eulamia albimarginata (Rüppell, 1837) Eulamia platyrhynchus Gilbert, 1892 | ||||||||||
| 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] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Western Indian Ocean [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Alebion gracilis Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 22 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found frequently around reefs, coral atolls, and along shorelines. Feeds on bottom-oriented and pelagic fishes (soles, lanternfish, flyingfish, gempylids, tuna, bonito, wahoo, wrasses, eagle rays and octopi). Viviparous with usually 5 or 6, up to 11 pups per litter. Gestation period is about one year, young are born in summer. Size at birth 55 to 80 cm (Ref. 2334). Considered to be potentially dangerous. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217352 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus albimarginatus. 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=217352 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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