WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)
217342 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217342)
accepted
Species
Carcharias henlei Müller & Henle, 1839 · unaccepted
Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839) Ranzani, C. (1839). De novis speciebus piscium. Dissertatio prima. <em>Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis.</em> v. 4 [1840]: 65-83, Pls. 8-13. [details]
Description Found in the continental shelves, preferably over muddy bottoms, and especially in estuaries. Feeds mainly on small fish...
Description Found in the continental shelves, preferably over muddy bottoms, and especially in estuaries. Feeds mainly on small fish including young hammerhead and sharpnose sharks, and shrimps. Viviparous, with 2 to 7 young in a litter. Size at borth between 31 and 40 cm. Utilized fresh for human consumption and processed for fishmeal, and liver extracted for oil. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217342 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839) Ranzani, C. (1839). De novis speciebus piscium. Dissertatio prima. <em>Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis.</em> v. 4 [1840]: 65-83, Pls. 8-13. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in the continental shelves, preferably over muddy bottoms, and especially in estuaries. Feeds mainly on small fish including young hammerhead and sharpnose sharks, and shrimps. Viviparous, with 2 to 7 young in a litter. Size at borth between 31 and 40 cm. Utilized fresh for human consumption and processed for fishmeal, and liver extracted for oil. [details]Publication date Date from Erschmeyer [details]
To Barcode of Life (121 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carcharias henlei Müller & Henle, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus porosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias henlei Müller & Henle, 1839)
To FishBase images (Carcharhinus porosus, Brazil, by Carvalho Filho, A.)
To GenBank (146 nucleotides; 121 proteins)
To GenBank (146 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus porosus RAD109990-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carcharias henlei Müller & Henle, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus porosus)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias henlei Müller & Henle, 1839)
To FishBase images (Carcharhinus porosus, Brazil, by Carvalho Filho, A.)
To GenBank (146 nucleotides; 121 proteins)
To GenBank (146 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus porosus RAD109990-001)
To ITIS
