WoRMS taxon details
Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)
AphiaID: 217356
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) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Negaprion Whitley, 1940 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Apeionodon acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) (misspelling) Aprionodon acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) Aprionodon acutidens queenslandicus Whitley, 1939 Carcharias acutidens Rüppell, 1837 Carcharias forskalii Klunzinger, 1871 Carcharias munzingeri Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 Eulamia odontaspis Fowler, 1908 Hemigaleops fosteri Schultz & Welander, 1953 Mystidens innominatus Whitley, 1944 Negaprion odontaspis (Fowler, 1908) Negaprion queenslandicus Whitley, 1939 Odontaspis madagascariensis Fourmanoir, 1961 | ||||||||||
| 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: Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Requins de la Cote Ouest de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 1-82 [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] from synonym: Compagno, L.J.V. (1984). FAO Species Catalogue No. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. (125) Vol 4, Part 1. 246 pp. FAO, Rome. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
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] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217356 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837). 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=217356 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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