WoRMS taxon details

Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)

217352  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217352)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Carcharias albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details] 
Description Found frequently around reefs, coral atolls, and along shorelines. Feeds on bottom-oriented and pelagic fishes (soles,...  
Description Found frequently around reefs, coral atolls, and along shorelines. Feeds on bottom-oriented and pelagic fishes (soles, lanternfish, flyingfish, gempylids, tuna, bonito, wahoo, wrasses, eagle rays and octopi). Viviparous with usually 5 or 6, up to 11 pups per litter. Gestation period is about one year, young are born in summer. Size at birth 55 to 80 cm (Ref. 2334). Considered to be potentially dangerous. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217352 on 2024-11-20
Date
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description (of Carcharias albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details] 

original description (of Eulamia platyrhynchus Gilbert, 1892) Gilbert, C. H. (1892). Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 14 (no. 880): 539-566. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). 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]

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
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Found frequently around reefs, coral atolls, and along shorelines. Feeds on bottom-oriented and pelagic fishes (soles, lanternfish, flyingfish, gempylids, tuna, bonito, wahoo, wrasses, eagle rays and octopi). Viviparous with usually 5 or 6, up to 11 pups per litter. Gestation period is about one year, young are born in summer. Size at birth 55 to 80 cm (Ref. 2334). Considered to be potentially dangerous. [details]
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English silvertip shark  [details]
Japanese ツマジロ  [details]
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