MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)

To FishBase images (<i>Carcharhinus brachyurus</i>, Australia, by Smith, B.)

To FishBase images (Carcharhinus brachyurus, Australia, by Smith, B.)

AphiaID

217341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217341)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

Orig. name

Carcharias brachyurus Günther, 1870

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Found along continental margins in most tropical and temperate seas. Feeds on other sharks, rays, bony fishes, and...

Description Found along continental margins in most tropical and temperate seas. Feeds on other sharks, rays, bony fishes, and cephalopods. Viviparous, with a yolk-sac placenta, and has litters of 13 to 20 pups, 60 to 70 cm at birth (Ref. 2334). Migratory in the northern part of its range, moving northward in spring and summer and southward in autumn and winter. Utilized for human consumption. Considered a dangerous species. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217341 on 2024-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217341 on 2024-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-07-08 08:51:41Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

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 (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]

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