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Carcharhinus borneensis

(Borneo Mullet)

Overview

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Family : Requiem sharks ; A rare species found inshore in coastal areas [1]. Viviparous[2]. Undoubtedly taken in local fisheries [1].

Endangered

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Danish:

Borneo-haj

Common Names in Dutch:

Borneohaai

Common Names in English:

Borneo Mullet, borneo shark

Common Names in French:

Requin Tigre, Requin tigre houareau, Requin-tigre houareau

Common Names in Malay:

Yu

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

印尼真鯊, 印度尼西亚真鲨

Common Names in Spanish:

Tibur, Tiburón de Borneo

Common Names in Thai:

Chai-gruey

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Marine [3].

Ecology: This is a small, rare inshore coastal shark , known only from five undoubted specimens (four of which were collected from Borneo) and very few valid localities. Virtually all details of its biology and life history parameters are unknown. The maximum size is estimated to be around 70 cm.[3].

List of Habitats :

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Carcharhinus ambioensis< /i> (Müller & Henle • Carcharhinus borneensis • Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1859) • Carcharias amboinensis Müller & Henle • Carcharias borneensis • Carcharias borneensis Bleeker, 1859 • Carcharias brachyrhynchos Bleeker • Triaenodon obtusus Day

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Year follows Ref. 54621.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 28-Oct-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Carcharhinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 36 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. acronotus (Blacknose Shark) · C. ahenea (Shortnose Blacktail Shark) · C. albimarginatus (Silvertip Shark) · C. altimus (Knopp´s Shark) · C. amblyrhynchoides (Graceful Shark) · C. amblyrhynchos (Shortnose Blacktail Shark) · C. amboinensis (Ambon Sharpnose Puffer) · C. azureus (Large Blacktip Shark) · C. borneensis (Borneo Mullet) · C. brachyurus (Black-Tipped Whaler) · C. brevipinna (Blacktipped Shark) · C. cautus (Sharks Bay Whaler Shark) · C. dussumieri (Whitecheek Shark) · C. falciformis (Sickle-Shaped Shark) · C. fitzroyensis (Creek Whaler Shark) · C. galapagensis (Galapagos Shark) · C. hemiodon (Pondicherry Shark) · C. isodon (Fintooth Shark) · C. leiodon (Smoothtooth Blacktip Shark) · C. leucas (Bull Shark) · C. limbatus (Blacktip Shark) · C. longimanus (Brown Milbert's Sand Bar Shark) · C. macloti (Hardnose Shark) · C. melanopterus (Black Fin Reef Shark) · C. obscurus (Dusky Shark) · C. perezi (Caribbean Reef Shark) · C. perezii (Caribbean Reef Shark) · C. plumbeus (Northern Whaler Shark) · C. porosus (Tiburon Peninsula Limia) · C. sealei (Black-Spot Shark) · C. signatus (Night Shark) · C. sorrah (West Australian Whaler Shark) · C. springeri (Reef Shark) · C. tilstoni (Australian Blacktip Shark) · C. velox (Whitenose Shark) · C. wheeleri (Blacktail Reef Shark)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. 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, Vol. 4, Part 2), 655 p. [back]
  2. Dulvy, N.K. and J.D. Reynolds (1997). Evolutionary transitions among egg-laying, live-bearing and maternal inputs in sharks and rays. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264:1309-1315. [back]
  3. Compagno, L.J.V. 2009. Carcharhinus borneensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012