WoRMS taxon details

Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)

217347  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217347)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Carcharias dussumieri Valenciennes, 1839) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]. [details] 
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves, more commonly on inshore areas. Probably feeds on small fishes, cephalopods,...  
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves, more commonly on inshore areas. Probably feeds on small fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans. Viviparous; 2 to 4 pups litter size; 38 to 39 cm at birth. Taken in artisanal and smallscale fisheries and marketed for human consumption. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217347 on 2025-03-15
Date
action
by
1997-07-08 08:51:41Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description (of Carcharias dussumieri Valenciennes, 1839) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]. [details] 

basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 
   

Unreviewed
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves, more commonly on inshore areas. Probably feeds on small fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans. Viviparous; 2 to 4 pups litter size; 38 to 39 cm at birth. Taken in artisanal and smallscale fisheries and marketed for human consumption. [details]
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English whitecheek shark  [details]
Japanese スミツキザメ  [details]