WoRMS taxon details

Eridacnis radcliffei Smith, 1913

220034  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220034)

accepted
Species
Eridacnis radcliffi Smith, 1913 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Occurs over muddy bottoms, on the upper continental and insular slopes and outer shelves. Feeds mainly on small bony fishes...  
Description Occurs over muddy bottoms, on the upper continental and insular slopes and outer shelves. Feeds mainly on small bony fishes and crustaceans, with squid a lesser item in the diet. Ovoviviparous; 1-2 pups per litter; size at birth about 11 cm. One of the two smallest living sharks known to date. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Eridacnis radcliffei Smith, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220034 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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context source (HKRMS) ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Occurs over muddy bottoms, on the upper continental and insular slopes and outer shelves. Feeds mainly on small bony fishes and crustaceans, with squid a lesser item in the diet. Ovoviviparous; 1-2 pups per litter; size at birth about 11 cm. One of the two smallest living sharks known to date. [details]
LanguageName 
English pygmy ribbontail catshark  [details]