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Scientific Name | Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) |
Common Name | |
Type Locality | Cuba, western Atlantic. |
Species Information | |
Size | 3960mm or 155.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | Cosmopolitan. Western Atlantic: Maine, USA to Argentina; also in Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Gulf of Guinea; possibly occurring in the Mediterranean. Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahiti and Tuamoto islands. Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to Peru, including the Galapagos. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea. |
IUCN Red List Category | Critically Endangered, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
Husbandry Information | |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2, pp 338, Pl. 19 (figs. 9-10). |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2022 Mar 05 02:12 (species record created: 2021 Dec 24 03:52) |