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| Scientific Name | Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Table Bay, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic. |
| Synonym(s) | Micristodus punctatus, Rhicodon typus, Rhineodon typus, Rhiniodon typus, Rhinodon pentalineatus, Rhinodon typicus |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 20mm or 0.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas. Western Atlantic: New York, USA through the Caribbean to central Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Gulf of Guinea; St. Paul"s Rocks. Indian Ocean: throughout the region, including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Western Pacific: Japan to Australia and Hawaii. Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Chile. Identified as one of the species with an unfavorable conservation status in Appendix II of the Bonn Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals in 1999. Classified as a highly migratory species, in Annex I of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which called for "coordinated management and assessment to better understand cumulative impacts of fishing effort on the status of the shared populations" of these sharks. Included in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) since May 2003 which regulates international trade of this species. This can partially implement the original objective of the FAO International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA-Sharks). However, international trade still exists. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2016. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | South African Commercial Advertiser v. 3 (no. 145), pp 2. |
| 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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| LFS label creator ARN ref:34.236.1538.8537 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2021 Dec 26 05:17) |