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Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)

Smalltail shark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Carcharhinus porosus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Guyana country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 244.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gy.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.sdnp.org.gy/minagri/mofc&l/Fisheries/fisheries_department.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lowe-McConnell, R.H., 1962
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (haaien en roggen) (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);  porosus: Latin for pored or full of holes, probably referring to large and conspicuous pores behind eye. (See ETYFish).

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

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