WoRMS taxon details
Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) AphiaID: 217356
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) >  Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Carcharhinidae (Family) > Negaprion (Genus) > Negaprion acutidens (Species)
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| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Negaprion Whitley, 1940 | ||||||||||
| Orig. name | Carcharias acutidens Rüppell, 1837 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Apeionodon acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) (misspelling)Aprionodon acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)Aprionodon acutidens queenslandicus Whitley, 1939Carcharias acutidens Rüppell, 1837Carcharias forskalii Klunzinger, 1871Carcharias munzingeri Kossmann & Räuber, 1877Eulamia odontaspis Fowler, 1908Hemigaleops fosteri Schultz & Welander, 1953Mystidens innominatus Whitley, 1944Negaprion odontaspis (Fowler, 1908)Negaprion queenslandicus Whitley, 1939Odontaspis madagascariensis Fourmanoir, 1961 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Requins de la Cote Ouest de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 1-82 [details] [show all] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | From other sources
ComoresComores [details]Djibouti Djibouti [details]Eritrea Eritrea [details]Federal Republic of Somalia Somalia [details]Indian Ocean Chagos [details]Reunion [details]Kenya Kenya [details]Madagascar Madagascar [details]Mozambique Mozambique [details]Red Sea Red Sea [details]Republic of Mauritius Mauritius [details]Seychelles Seychelles [details]South Africa South Africa (country) [details]Tanzania Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Alexandercestus gibsoni Ruhnke & Workman, 2013 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Paragrillotia spratti (Campbell & Beveridge, 1993) (parasite)
Paraorygmatobothrium arnoldi Ruhnke & Thompson, 2006 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Phoreiobothrium perilocrocodilus Caira, Richmond & Swanson, 2005 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Platybothrium jondoeorum Healy, 2003 (parasite)
Triloculatum andersonorum Caira & Jensen, 2009 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note | From other sources
Description Slow swimming shark that inhabits lagoons and seaward reefs but prefers turbid waters of inshore lagoons, often over sandy substrate at depths under 30 m (Ref. 1602). Feeds on bottom-dwelling fishes and rays. Preys on smaller sharks, including porcupine fishes, and stingrays. Viviparous; 1-13 per litter; 45-80 cm at birth. Dangerous if provoked. Meat is utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption, fins for shrk-fin soup base, and liver oil for vitamins. [details] | ||||||||||
| Images | [show unreviewed] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217356 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2008). Negaprion acutidens. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217356 on 2017-08-19 | |||||||||||
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