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Common names: Cação-coralino
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 244.
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Main Ref: Soto, J.M.R., 2001
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Common names from other countries

Requin de récif, Tiburón coralino, Reef shark, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Ελασμοβράγχιοι (καρχαρίες και σαλάχια) (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); perezii: In honor of Poey’s companion and friend Laureano Perez Arcas (1824-1894), University of Madrid, whose textbook Elementos de Zoología Poey used at the University of Havana. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Poey.

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

Θαλασσινό(ά) Υφαλόφιλο(α); εύρος βάθους 1 - 65 m (Ref. 9710), usually 1 - 35 m (Ref. 40849). Subtropical; 33°N - 35°S, 100°W - 33°W (Ref. 55187)

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Western Atlantic: Florida, USA to southern Brazil, including the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Antilles.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: L_m 160.0, range 152 - 168 cm
Max length : 300 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 9710); 295.0 cm TL (female); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 69.9 kg (Ref. 40637)

Short description Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

A large, gray shark with an interdorsal ridge and short blunt snout. 1st dorsal fin small with short rear tip (Ref. 26938).

Found on continental and insular shelves, often near drop-offs on the outer edges of reefs. May rest on the bottom (Ref. 9710). Usually found in reefs, at less than 30 m deep (Ref 26938). Feed on bony fishes, including bigeyes (Priacanthidae). Viviparous (Ref. 50449). Size at birth below 73 cm. A dangerous species implicated in an abortive attack on divers in the Caribbean. Meat is prepared dried salted for human consumption, hides for leather, liver for oil, carcasses for fish meal.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Αναπαραγωγή | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Προνύμφες

Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205). Viviparous, placental (Ref. 50449).

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Συνεργάτες

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (A2bcd); Date assessed: 01 July 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic (Ref. 244)

Human uses

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.3 - 28, mean 27.2 (based on 396 cells).

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00221 - 0.01036), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.8 se; based on diet studies.

Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 120179): Χαμηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 4,5 - 14 έτη (Fec assumed to be <100).

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

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876)