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WoRMS taxon details
Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783)
AphiaID: 220032
AphiaID: 220032
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Orectolobiformes (Order) > Stegostomatidae (Family) > Stegostoma (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Stegostoma | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Scyllia quinquecornuatum van Hasselt, 1823 Scyllium heptagonum Rüppell, 1837 Squalus cirrosus Gronow, 1854 Squalus fasciatus Hermann, 1783 Squalus longicaudus Gmelin, 1789 Squalus pantherinus Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1852 Squalus tigrinus Forster, 1781 Squalus tygrinus Bonnaterre, 1788 (misspelling) Squalus varius Seba, 1759 Stegastoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783) (misspelling) Stegastoma varium Garman, 1913 (misspelling) Stegostoma carinatum Blyth, 1847 Stegostoma fasciata (Hermann, 1783) (misspelling) Stegostoma fasciaturn (Hermann, 1783) (misspelling) Stegostoma fasciatus (Hermann, 1783) (misspelling) Stegostoma tigrinum (Forster, 1781) Stegostoma tigrinum naucum Whitley, 1939 Stegostoma tigrinurn (Forster, 1781) (misspelling) Stegostoma tigrinus (Forster, 1781) (misspelling) Stegostoma varium Garman, 1913 Stegostoma varium (Seba, 1759) Stegostoma varius Garman, 1913 (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baņos, 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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] FAO fishing area 47 [details] FAO fishing area 51 [details] FAO fishing area 57 [details] FAO fishing area 61 [details] FAO fishing area 71 [details] FAO fishing area 81 [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 FishBase To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: A tropical inshore shark, that inhabits sand, rubble, or coral bottoms of the continental and insular shelves. Able to squirm into narrow cracks, crevices and channel in reefs. Recorded to have entered freshwater (Ref. 4735). Temp. range: 26.0-29.0 °C (Ref. 4959). Rests on the bottom during the day and feeds mainly on molluscs, also on crustaceans (crabs and shrimps) and small bony fishes at night (Ref. 1602). Oviparous. Sluggish, slow-swimming fish; not aggressive when approached and generally regarded as harmless (Ref. 2334). May bite when provoked. Fair eating (Ref. 8528). It is used for fishmeal, oil, liver processed into vitamins (Ref. 9333), and the fins are dried for the oriental sharkfin trade in Pakistan (Ref. 2872). [details] Remark: in family Orectolobidae in <143> [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220032 on 2010-02-09 | |||||||||||
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