WoRMS taxon details

Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)

105794  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105794)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus longimanus Poey, 1861) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]   
Description Oceanic (Ref. 9987). A deep water species which seldom comes close to shore. Preferred water temperatures range from 18 to...  
Description Oceanic (Ref. 9987). A deep water species which seldom comes close to shore. Preferred water temperatures range from 18 to 28°C. Frequently accompanied by @Remora@ and @Coryphaena@, and tortoises. Feeds mainly on pelagic fish and cephalopods. There is pronounced partial segregation by size and sex in some areas.This is an active, almost fearless shark also charged in human attacks. Utilized for human consumption, for leather, for finsoup, and for oil. Marketed fresh, dried-salted and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]

Distribution Gulf of Maine (near NE edge Georges Bank - Scott & Scott, 1988) to Argentina  
Distribution Gulf of Maine (near NE edge Georges Bank - Scott & Scott, 1988) to Argentina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105794 on 2024-10-14
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Pterolamiops budkeri Fourmanoir, 1961) Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Requins de la Cote Ouest de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 1-82 [details]   

original description  (of Squalus longimanus Poey, 1861) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]   

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]   

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Garrick, J.A.F. (1982). Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. <em>NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular.</em> 445:150-159. [details]   

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

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 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). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Oceanic (Ref. 9987). A deep water species which seldom comes close to shore. Preferred water temperatures range from 18 to 28°C. Frequently accompanied by @Remora@ and @Coryphaena@, and tortoises. Feeds mainly on pelagic fish and cephalopods. There is pronounced partial segregation by size and sex in some areas.This is an active, almost fearless shark also charged in human attacks. Utilized for human consumption, for leather, for finsoup, and for oil. Marketed fresh, dried-salted and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]

Diet Feeds mainly on bony fishes, other sharks, rays, turtles, seabirds, maine mammals, molluscs, crustaceans, and carrion [details]

Distribution Gulf of Maine (near NE edge Georges Bank - Scott & Scott, 1988) to Argentina [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Mainly oceanic, found along the coast in tropical and warm temperate waters. [details]

Importance Social- Fishey and gamefish, dangerous to humans; the object of longline or gill net fisheries for meat, fins liver, oil, fish meal, hides and teeth  [details]
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LanguageName 
English oceanic whitetip shark  [details]
German Weißspitzen-HochseehaiHochsee-Weißflossenhai  [details]
Japanese ヨゴレ  [details]
Lithuanian ilgapelekis pilkasis ryklys  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Καρχαρίνος των ωκεανών  [details]
Polish żarłacz białopłetwy  [details]
Spanish tiburón oceánicojaquetón de ley  [details]
Swedish årfenhaj  [details]
Turkish akyüzgeçli köpekbalığıakyuzgecli kopekbaligi  [details]
Ukrainian Довгокрила акулаАкула сіра довгокрила  [details]