Carcharhinus tjutjot

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Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852)

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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchi (squali e razze) (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);  tjutjot: Indonesian word for shark (pronounced choo-choot). (See ETYFish).

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

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 100 m (Ref. 89954). Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Western Pacific: from Indonesia and Taiwan, including Borneo but not Australia and New Guinea. Not confirmed west of the Indo-Malay Peninsula.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 77.4, range 76 - 79 cm
Max length : 93.7 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 89954); 91.8 cm TL (female)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Vertebre: 113 - 129. This small species is distinguished by the following characters: snout relatively long and bluntly pointed; upper anterior teeth are oblique and blade-like, coarsely serrated, lateral margin deeply notched and with several large and serrated basal cusplets; lower anterior teeth are narrower, slightly oblique, lateral margins notched and without large basal serrae, finely serrated; total tooth row counts 26-28/24-30 rows or 51-55; interdorsal space often with a moderate to strong ridge, 19.4-22.0% TL; first dorsal fin is relatively low, not falcate, origin over middle of pectoral-fin inner margin, length 14.1-15.6% TL, 1.4-2.0 times height, inner margin 2.0-2.7 in base; second dorsal fin is much smaller, broadly triangular, height 29-37% of first dorsal fin height, origin slightly posterior of anal-fin origin; anal fin is slightly falcate, height 0.9-1.3 times second dorsal-fin height, base 0.9-1.2 times second dorsal-fin base; body colour pale brownish dorsally, whitish ventrally; second dorsal fin with a black blotch on upper third of fin, not extending onto upper surface of body and very well defined from whitish region below; other fins are mostly plain; total vertebral counts 113-129; monospondylous precaudal counts 37-44; diplospondylous precaudal counts 17-19; diplospondylous caudal counts 58-72; precaudal counts 55-63 (Ref. 89954).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

An inshore species, likely to be found in less than 100 m depth (Ref. 89954). One female specimen contained 2 late-term embryos measuring 27.8 and 28.5 cm TL. Probable size at birth is between 34.0-38.0 cm TL (Ref. 89954).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaboratori

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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