Pacific smalltail shark

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Pacific smalltail shark
Carcharhinus cerdale SI.jpg
Carcharhinus porosus sorona.jpg

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Species:
C. cerdale
Binomial name
Carcharhinus cerdale
Carcharhinus cerdale range.png

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[]

  1. ^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, 1898. Fishbase


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