WoRMS taxon details

Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)

217339  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217339)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves, near islands and reefs. Feeds on small fishes and octopus (Ref. 5213)....  
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves, near islands and reefs. Feeds on small fishes and octopus (Ref. 5213). Possibly to 230 cm. Viviparous; litter size 2-6; 45-60 cm at birth (Ref. 2334). Utilized for human consumption, and probably for finsoup and liver oil. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217339 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]   

basis of record Smith, J.L.B. & Smith, M.M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves, near islands and reefs. Feeds on small fishes and octopus (Ref. 5213). Possibly to 230 cm. Viviparous; litter size 2-6; 45-60 cm at birth (Ref. 2334). Utilized for human consumption, and probably for finsoup and liver oil. [details]

Remark Authority Mueller & Henle, 1841 according to <143> [details]
LanguageName 
English spottail shark  [details]
Japanese ホウライザメ  [details]