Pondicherry shark

Pondicherry shark

Taxobox
name = Pondicherry shark


status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = Unknown
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Carcharhinidae
genus = "Carcharhinus"
species = "C. hemiodon"
binomial = "Carcharhinus hemiodon"
binomial_authority = Müller & Henle, 1839
range_

range_map_width = 250px
range_map_caption = Range of pondicherry shark

The Pondicherry shark, "Carcharhinus hemiodon" is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean between latitudes 25° N and 13° S. Its length is up to about 2 m.

The Pondicherry shark is a little-known shark found on the continental and insular shelves. Reports from river mouths and rivers are based on old records that need verification. It probably feeds on small fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans. Reproduction is viviparous. It is utilized fresh for human consumption.

Coloration is grey above, white below, with the tips of the pectorals, and upper and lower caudal fin lobes black, the other fins dusky.

The Pondicherry shark is evaluated as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

References

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External links

* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=39369 IUCN Red List]


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