Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

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Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,278 meters (0 to -7,474 feet).[1]

Ecology: The species is found in clear tropical waters often from 10 m to more than 50 m around coral reefs, particularly near drop-offs and passes of fringing reefs . It is more common at ancient atolls , and less common at high profile islands with extensive human habitation, or in turbid continental waters (Randall 1986, Wetherbee et al. 1997). At unexploited sites Grey Reef Sharks are one of the most common tropical reef sharks that may be found in groups or individually. Potentially dangerous when harassed, they have been shown to display stereotypical threats (Johnson and Nelson 1973, Nelson 1981, Randall 1986). Divers are advised to keep their distance and not take strobe photographs when sharks display erratic swimming.

Males mature at 120?140 cm total length (TL ) and attain a size of 185 cm; females mature at about 125 cm TL and attain 190 cm (Wetherbee et al. 1997) at about seven years. Litters are small, up to six embryos (Compagno 1984b, Last and Stevens 1994, Wetherbee et al. 1997). Seasonality is uncertain because of limited data . Parturition may be in August with a nine month gestation possible in the southern hemisphere (Stevens and McLoughlin 1991). Mating and fertilisation take place in March?May (or July). Pupping appears to occur from March to July off Hawaii, suggesting a 12 month gestation, but females reproduce every other year (Wetherbee et al. 1997). Fishes form the bulk of the prey while squids , octopuses and crustaceans are less important food items (Salini et al. 1992, Wetherbee et al. 1997).[2].

List of Habitats :

•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.8     Marine Neritic - Coral Reef   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos • Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos (Bleeker • Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos (Bleeker, 1856) • Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos • Carcharhinus amblyrhynchus (Wheeler • Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard • Carcharhinus menisorrah< /i> (M�ller & Henle • Carcharhinus spallanzani< /i> (Non P�ron & Lesueur • Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick • Carcharias amblyrhynchos • Carcharias amblyrhynchos Bleeker • Carcharias amblyrhynchos Bleeker, 1856 • Carcharias nesiotes Snyder • Carcharinus amblyrhynchos • Carcharinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker • Carcharinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) • Eulamia melanoptera (Non Quoy & Gaimard • Galeolamna coongoola Whitley • Galeolamna fowleri Whitley • Galeolamna tufiensis Whitley

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Bleeker, P. Reis Minahassa 1: 278, 1856.

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

Similar Species

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

• An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1989. url p. 4.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 121, p. 124.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 130, p. 207, p. 649, p. 856.
• Oceanus. Woods Hole, Mass., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution url p. 27, p. 45, p. 46, p. 66.
• Sensory biology of sharks, skates, and rays / editors Edward S. Hodgson, Robert F. Mathewson. Arlington, Va.: Office of Naval Research, Dept. of the Navy: for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978. url p. 566, p. 580, p. 581.
• Shark research: present status and future direction / Bernard J. Zahuranec, editor and workshop convenor. Arlington, Va.: Office of Naval Research. Dept. of the Navy, 1975. url p. 6.
• The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll / edited by Dennis M. Devaney. .. [et al.]; prepared by Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division, c1987. url p. 316.
• World Atlas of Coral Reefs UNEP-WCMC url p. 234.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Smale, M.J. 2009. Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002 (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Shark Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 122883
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23047
• Fishbase Species ID: 861
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13529401
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 160358
• IUCN ID: 197919
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 105874

Footnotes

1. Mean = -393.880 meters (-1,292.257 feet), Standard Deviation = 547.700 based on 162 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Smale, M.J. 2009. Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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