WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)
105798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105798)
accepted
Species
Hypoprion bigelowi Cadenat, 1956 · unaccepted
Hypoprion longirostris Poey, 1876 · unaccepted
Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868) Poey, F. (1868). Synopsis piscium cubensium. Catalogo Razonado de los peces de la isla de Cuba. <em>Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba.</em> v. 2: 279-484. [details]
Distribution Delaware to Florida, Bahamas, and Cuba; southern Brazil, Argentina
Distribution Delaware to Florida, Bahamas, and Cuba; southern Brazil, Argentina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105798 on 2026-06-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868) Poey, F. (1868). Synopsis piscium cubensium. Catalogo Razonado de los peces de la isla de Cuba. <em>Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba.</em> v. 2: 279-484. [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]
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]
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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database., available online at http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Collection/collectdata.htm [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 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 Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database., available online at http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Collection/collectdata.htm [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 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
Diet Feeds mainly on small bony fishes and squid [details]Distribution Delaware to Florida, Bahamas, and Cuba; southern Brazil, Argentina [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found at depths between 0 - 600m. [details]
Importance Social- Commercial fishery [details]
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hypoprion bigelowi Cadenat, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Hypoprion longirostris Poey, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus signatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion longirostris Poey, 1876)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion bigelowi Cadenat, 1956)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus signatus RAD100109-001) (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus signatus RAD100280-001) (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus signatus USNM 232828)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus signatus USNM 232831)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hypoprion bigelowi Cadenat, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Hypoprion longirostris Poey, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus signatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion longirostris Poey, 1876)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion bigelowi Cadenat, 1956)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus signatus RAD100109-001) (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus signatus RAD100280-001) (from synonym Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus signatus USNM 232828)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus signatus USNM 232831)
To PESI
To ITIS
