Carcharhinus coatesi

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Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939)

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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Élasmobranches (requins et raies) (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);  coatesi: In honor of angler, artist and illustrator George Coates (d. 1980), who captured many elasmobranchs in North Queensland, Australia, including holotype of this one. (See ETYFish).

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

marin récifal; profondeur 0 - 123 m (Ref. 106604). Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

East Indian to Western Pacific: Australia and possibly off New Guinea.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - 70 cm
Max length : 87.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 89954); 88.0 cm TL (female)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

This species is distinguished by the following characters: moderately long and narrowly rounded snout; oblique and blade-like upper anterior teeth are coarsely serrated, lateral margin deeply notched, with several large and smooth basal cusplets; lower anterior teeth are narrower, slightly oblique, with lateral margins notched and usually several smooth basal cusplets; total tooth row counts 24-26/23-25, or 47-51; interdorsal space with ridge on midline, 18.0-23.1% TL; moderately tall and slightly falcate first dorsal fin, its origin just anterior to pectoral-fin free rear tip, length 14.8-17.3% TL, 1.5-1.9 times height, inner margin 2.0-2.8 in base; a much smaller second dorsal fin, broadly triangular, height 28-37% of first dorsal-fin height, origin about opposite to anal-fin origin; falcate anal fin, its height 0.9-1.4 times second dorsal height, base 0.9-1.2 times second dorsal-fin base; body colour pale brownish to grey dorsally, whitish ventrally; second dorsal fin with a black blotch on upper one to two thirds of fin, not extending onto upper surface of body and well defined from ground colour; other fins are plain or with pale outer margins; total vertebral counts 134-147; monospondylous precaudal counts 42-50; diplospondylous precaudal counts 22-33; diplospondylous caudal counts 64-73; precaudal counts 67-76 (Ref. 89954).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Reproduction of this species apparently not seasonal, with litter size of 1-3 (mean 2) and size at birth of 38.0-40.0 cm TL (Ref. 89954).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborateurs

White, W.T., 2012. A redescription of Carcharhinus dussumieri and C. sealei, with resurrection of C. coatesi and C. tjutjot as valid species (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae). Zootaxa 3241:1-34. (Ref. 89954)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)


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