WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
AphiaID: 105789
AphiaID: 105789
| 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 |
Aprionodon sitankaiensis Herre, 1934 Carcharhinus atrodorsus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981 Carcharhinus falciformes (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling) Carcharhinus floridanus Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1943 Carcharhinus floridianus Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1943 (junior synonym) Carcharhinus menisorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) (Synonym) Carcharias falciformis Müller & Henle, 1839 Carcharias falcipinnis Lowe, 1839 Carcharias menisorrah Müller & Henle, 1839 Carcharins menisorrah Müller & Henle, 1839 (misspelling) Carcharius falcipinnis Lowe, 1839 Carcharius menisorrah Müller & Henle, 1839 (misspelling) Eulamia malpeloensis Fowler, 1944 Eulamia menisorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) Gymnorhinus pharaonis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 Prionodon tiburo (Poey, 1860) Squalus tiburo Poey, 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (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, 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, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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] from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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 | Aldabra [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] Western Indian Ocean [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pandarus bicolor Leach, 1816 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus cranchii Leach, 1819 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus sinuatus Say, 1818 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Kroyerina cortezensis Deets, 1987 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pandarus satyrus Dana, 1849 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (120 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 18 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found abundantly near the edge of continental and insular shelves, but also in the open sea and occasionally inshore. Recorded temperatures where it occurs range from 23-24°C. It is quick-moving and aggressive. Associated with schools of tuna. Primarily feeds on fishes, but also cephalopods, and even crabs. Used in many ways with its meat eaten fresh and dried-salted; its hide for leather; its fin for shark-fin soup; its liver oil as a rich source of vitamin A. [details] Distribution: Circumtropical. Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839). 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=105789 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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