Pacific smalltail shark
Species of shark
| Pacific smalltail shark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Carcharhinus |
| Species: | C. cerdale |
| Binomial name | |
| Carcharhinus cerdale C. H. Gilbert, 1898 | |
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The Pacific smalltail shark (Carcharhinus cerdale) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. It was described in 1898, but later mistakenly merged with Carcharhinus porosus. The mistake was corrected in 2011.[2][3]
It is relatively small with skin of a light-brownish color, and it can be found in the Pacific Ocean. Not much is known about this species, and no attacks on humans from this animal have been recorded. It resembles the copper shark and a sand tiger shark, yet it is much smaller than both. It also has a small, slender body, and five gills in front of its pectoral fins.
Diet
The Pacific smalltail shark feeds on rays, fish, and small invertebrates. Some adults even feed on the young of other sharks.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carcharhinus cerdale.
- ^ Pollom, R.; Avalos, C.; Bizzarro, J.; Burgos-Vázquez, M.I.; Cevallos, A.; Espinoza, M.; Herman, K.; González, A.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Morales-Saldaña, J.M.; Navia, A.F.; Pérez Jiménez, J.C.; Sosa-Nishizaki, O. & Velez-Zuazo, X. (2020). "Carcharhinus cerdale". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T144137478A144137594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T144137478A144137594.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Castro, J.I. (2011). "Resurrection of the name Carcharhinus cerdale, a species different from Carcharhinus porosus". Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 17 (1): 1–10.
- ^ Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, 1898. Fishbase
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Extant requiem shark species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Chondrichthyes
- Subclass Elasmobranchii
- Subdivision Selachii
- Order Carcharhiniformes
- Blacknose shark (C. acronotus)
- Silvertip shark (C. albimarginatus)
- Bignose shark (C. altimus)
- Graceful shark (C. amblyrhynchoides)
- Grey reef shark (C. amblyrhynchos)
- Pigeye shark (C. amboinensis)
- Borneo shark (C. borneensis)
- Copper shark (C. brachyurus)
- Spinner shark (C. brevipinna)
- Nervous shark (C. cautus)
- Pacific smalltail shark (C. cerdale)
- C. coatesi
- Whitecheek shark (C. dussumieri)
- Silky shark (C. falciformis)
- Creek whaler (C. fitzroyensis)
- Galapagos shark (C. galapagenisis)
- Pondicherry shark (C. hemiodon)
- Finetooth shark (C. isodon)
- Smoothtooth blacktip shark (C. leiodon)
- Bull shark (C. leucas)
- Blacktip shark (C. limbatus)
- Oceanic whitetip shark (C. longimanus)
- Hardnose shark (C. macloti)
- Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus)
- Dusky shark (C. obscurus)
- Caribbean reef shark (C. perezi)
- Sandbar shark (C. plumbeus)
- Smalltail shark (C. porosus)
- Blackspot shark (C. sealei)
- Night shark (C. signatus)
- Spot-tail shark (C. sorrah)
- Australian blacktip shark (C. tilstoni)
- C. tjutjot
- Tiger shark (G. cuvier)
- Borneo river shark (G. fowlerae)
- Ganges shark (G. gangeticus)
- Northern river shark (G. garricki)
- Speartooth shark (G. glyphis)
- Irrawaddy river shark (G. siamensis)
- Daggernose shark (I. oxyrhynchus)
- Broadfin shark (L. temminckii)
- Borneo broadfin shark (L. tephrodes)
- Sliteye shark (L. macrorhinus)
- Whitenose shark (N. velox)
- Sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens)
- Lemon shark (N. brevirostris)
- Blue shark (P. glauca)
- Milk shark (R. acutus)
- Brazilian sharpnose shark (R. lalandii)
- Pacific sharpnose shark (R. longurio)
- Grey sharpnose shark (R. oligolinx)
- Caribbean sharpnose shark (R. porosus)
- Australian sharpnose shark (R. taylori)
- Atlantic sharpnose shark (R. terraenovae)
- Spadenose shark (S. laticaudus)
- Pacific spadenose shark (S. macrorhynchos)
- Whitetip reef shark (T. obesus)
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