WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860)
158508 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158508)
accepted
Species
Prionodon cucuri Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted
Prionodon curcuri Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (questionable)
Squalus acronotus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus acronotus Poey, 1860) 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]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158508 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Squalus acronotus Poey, 1860) 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]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (81 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Squalus acronotus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Prionodon cucuri Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus acronotus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus acronotus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionodon curcuri Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionodon cucuri Castelnau, 1855)
To GenBank (175 nucleotides; 97 proteins) (from synonym Squalus acronotus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (175 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus acronotus P15590 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus acronotus P15590 sketch)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Squalus acronotus Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Prionodon cucuri Castelnau, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus acronotus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus acronotus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionodon curcuri Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Prionodon cucuri Castelnau, 1855)
To GenBank (175 nucleotides; 97 proteins) (from synonym Squalus acronotus Poey, 1860)
To GenBank (175 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus acronotus P15590 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus acronotus P15590 sketch)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
