WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)
AphiaID: 217336
AphiaID: 217336
| 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 |
Carcharhinus menisorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) Carcharias borneensis Seale, 1910 Carcharias sealei Pietschmann, 1913 Platypodon coatesi Whitley, 1939 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found on the continental and insular shelves, from the surf line and intertidal region to deeper water. Feeds on small fish including sea horses, shrimps, and squids. Viviparous; 1-2 pups per litter; 35-45 cm at birth (Ref. 2334). Often caught by shore anglers (Ref. 5485). Utilized for human consumption. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217336 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus sealei. 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=217336 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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