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Nasolamia velox (Gilbert, 1898)

Whitenose shark
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Ecuador country information

Common names: Cazón
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 244.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Béarez, P., 1996
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names ຊື່ສາມັນ | ຄຳສັບຄ້າຍຄືກັນ | Catalog of Fishes(ຕະກຸນ, ຊະນິດ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

ກຸ່ມປາກະດູກອ່ອນ (ເຊັ່ນ: ປາສະຫລາມ, ປາຜາໄລ) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Nasolamia: nasus (L.), nose, referring to large, traverse nostrils and narrow conical snout; lamia, Greek for a shark-like fish. (See ETYFish);  velox: Latin for swift or speedy, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its swimming velocity inferred by its slender form. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Gilbert.

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

ສັດທະເລ ອາໄສຢູ່ໃກ້ໜ້າດິນໃຕ້ພື້ນທ້ອງນ້ຳ; ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ 15 - 192 m (Ref. 96339), usually 15 - 24 m (Ref. 9253).   Tropical; 32°N - 18°S, 122°W - 71°W

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Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California to Peru.

Length at first maturity / ຂະໜາດ / ນ້ຳໜັກ / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 90 - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 244)

ຊີວະສາດ     ຄຳແປສັບ (ຕ.ຢ. epibenthic)

Found inshore and offshore on the continental shelves. Feeds on small bony fish, including anchovies, and crabs. Viviparous, with 5 young in a litter. Size at birth about 53 cm. Not known to have attacked people. Utilized fresh and frozen for human consumption and processed for fishmeal.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | ການສືບພັນ | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | ຕົວອ່ອນ

Viviparous, placental (Ref. 50449). Five pups of about 53 cm TL in each litter (Ref. 28023). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ | ຜູ້ປະສານງານ : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | ຜູ້ຮ່ວມມື

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) (A2cd); Date assessed: 07 February 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 20.6 - 28.4, mean 26.6 (based on 38 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00218 - 0.01003), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
ຊັ້ນເຂດຮ້ອນ (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.74 se; based on food items.
ຄວາມຢືດຢຸ່ນ (Ref. 120179):  ຕຳ່ຫຼາຍ, ປະຊາກອນຕຳ່ສຸດທີ່ໃຊ້ເວລາສອງເທົ່າຫຼາຍກວ່າ 14 ປີ (Fec=5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.