WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Carcharhinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961) Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Requins de la Cote Ouest de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 1-82 [details]
original description
(of Carcharinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961) Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Requins de la Cote Ouest de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 1-82 [details]
original description
(of Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818) Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14. [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Põllumäe, A. [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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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
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 [request]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
From other sources
Description Found on continental and insular shelves and oceanic waters. Avoids estuaries. Adults are commonly found at depths of 200-400 m, young in shallower waters (Ref. 5485). A seasonal migratory species. Feeds on fish, sharks, rays, squids, gastropods, crustaceans, and detritus. Viviparous; litter size 6-14 pups, usually born early winter; 69-100 cm at birth. Utilized fresh and dried-salted for human consumption; hides for leather; fins for sharks-fin soup; and liver oil extracted for vitamins. [details]
Diet Feeds on bottom and pelagic bony fish, sharks, skates, rays, cephalopods, gastropods, crustaceans, sometimes mammalian carrion and inorganic objects [details]
Distribution southern Massachusetts and NE Georges Bank to Florida [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial and gamefish [details]
To Barcode of Life (100 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carcharhinus obscurella Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Prionodon obvelatus Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Eulamia obscura (Lesueur, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galeolamna macrurus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galeolamna eblis Whitley, 1944)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Carcharinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Galeolamna greyi Owen, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Carcharias macrurus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus obscurus)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeolamna eblis Whitley, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias macrurus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharhinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharhinus obscurella Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981)
To FishBase (from synonym Eulamia obscura (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Galeolamna greyi Owen, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeolamna macrurus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Prionodon obvelatus Valenciennes, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase images (Carcharhinus obscurus, Israel, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (289 nucleotides; 244 proteins)
To GenBank (289 nucleotides; 244 proteins) (from synonym Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus obscurus RAD107031-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
From other sources
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