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Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Specimens collected from Palapala Fish Port of Cadiz City, Cebu on 6 April 2000 (BRU 160, immature male, 51.2 cm TL) and 10 April 2000 (BRU 184, female, 63.4 cm TL and BRU 185, female, 70.5 cm TL ). Recorded from photos taken from Suba, Pasil, Cebu City, 11 April 2000 (JPAG 304, female, no size given) and by one pair dried jaws from San Jose, Taytay, 2 July 1999 (as Carcharhinus altimus or C. plumbeus, JPAG 304, sex and size unknown) (Ref. 47737). Recorded from Davao Gulf and Sulu-Celebes Sea (Ref. 47736). Occurrence: Palapala Fish Port, Cadiz City and Suba, Pasil, Cebu; San Jose, Taytay, Palawan; Davao Gulf, Davao; Sulu-Celebes Sea.
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Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005
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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Élasmobranches (requins et raies) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Carcharhinus: karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish); altimus: Latin for highest, allusion not explained nor evident. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin récifal; profondeur 12 - 810 m (Ref. 58302), usually 80 - 220 m (Ref. 9253). Subtropical; 46°N - 31°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Circumglobal: tropical to temperate watersin the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. Introduced in the Mediterranean via Gibralltar.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 230.0, range 205 - 282 cm
Max length : 300 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2334); common length : 250 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 26999); poids max. publié: 167.8 kg (Ref. 40637)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 0; Épines anales 0; Rayons mous anaux: 0. A heavily-bodied, cylindrical shark with a large, long and broad snout, long nasal flaps and high, triangular, saw-edged upper teeth; interdorsal ridge high and prominent; pectoral and dorsal fins large and straight (Ref. 5578). Grayish with no conspicuous markings, white below (Ref. 5578); inner corners of pectoral fins blackish (Ref. 9997).

Found near the edge of the continental and insular shelves and uppermost slopes (Ref. 244). Rare in shallow waters (Ref. 9997), bottom associated near shelf breaks and drop-offs; young may occur at 25 m (Ref. 58302). Feeds on bony fishes, other sharks, stingrays, and cuttlefish (Ref. 244). Viviparous (Ref. 50449). Utilized for fishmeal, liver oil, and shagreen (Ref. 9997). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 244.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Viviparous, placental (Ref. 50449). Gives birth every second year with 1-13 (average 9) pups per litter (Ref. 58048). In the Mediterranean, sharks give birth in August and September, however in Madagascar, young are born in September and October (Ref. 244). Size at birth 60-75 cm (Ref. 6871); 70-90 cm TL (Ref.58048). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborateurs

Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Quasi-menacé (NT) (A2d); Date assessed: 14 February 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless (Ref. 5485)

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.8 - 26.5, mean 19.9 (based on 875 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00331 (0.00178 - 0.00617), b=3.11 (2.96 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Très faible, temps minimum de doublement de population supérieur à 14 ans (Fec=1-13;).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950)