WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
AphiaID: 105788
AphiaID: 105788
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Carcharhinidae (Family) > Carcharhinus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aprion brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) Aprionodon brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) Aprionodon caparti Poll, 1951 Carcharhinus brevipina (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling) Carcharhinus johnsoni Smith, 1951 (junior synonym) Carcharhinus maculipinnis (Poey, 1865) Carcharias brevipinna Müller & Henle, 1839 Carcharinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling) Carcharinus johnsoni Smith, 1951 Isogomphodon maculipinnis Poey, 1865 Longmania calamaria Whitley, 1944 Prionidon brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling) Squalus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) Uranga nasuta Whitley, 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] from synonym: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Eudactylina aspera Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Nemesis robusta (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Perissopus dentatus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Kroyeria spatulata Pearse, 1948 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nemesis versicolor Wilson C.B., 1913 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus carcharhini Ho, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nesippus crypturus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Kroyeria deetsi Dippenaar, Benz & Olivier, 2000 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (80 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 65 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found on the continental and insular shelves, ranging close inshore and offshore. Feeds on small fishes, cuttlefish, squid, and octopi. Viviparous (with a yolk-sac placenta); litters of 2 to 15 pups, 46 to 80 cm at birth. Forms schools. Highly migratory off Florida and Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption. Also valuable for hides and fins, and liver for oil. [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to northern Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas, then from southern Brazil to northern Argentina. Reported from Cuba [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105788 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus brevipinna. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105788 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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