Galeocerdo cuvier

Superorder: Galeomorphii

Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Family: Carcharhinidae

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External references for this species:

IUCN Red List
Species Regulated by International Treaties

CITES: Appendix II (2022)

Traits

Ecological Role

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA burkholder2013
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA burkholder2013
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2002b
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2002b
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2008
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2008
Risk Effect Medium Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA dunphy2010
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA dunphy2010
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2011
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2011
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2009
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2009
Risk Effect Medium Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2002a
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2002a
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA kerford2008
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA kerford2008
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2005
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2005
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2006
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2006
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2012
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2012
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2007
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2007
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2007b
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2007b
Trophic Cascade Medium Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2007b
Trophic Cascade Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2007b
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2007c
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA wirsing2007c
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2009a
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2009a
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2007b
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2007b
Trophic Cascade Medium Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2007b
Trophic Cascade Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA heithaus2007b
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA semeniuk2006
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA semeniuk2006
Risk Effect Medium Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA vaudo2013
Risk Effect Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA vaudo2013
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Lakshadweep, India lal2010
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Lakshadweep, India lal2010
Trophic Cascade High Effect size mean Pooled Lakshadweep, India lal2010
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Lakshadweep, India lal2010
Risk Effect Low Effect size mean Pooled Ningaloo Reef lester2021a
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Ningaloo Reef lester2021a
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Derawan Island, East Kalimantan, Indonesia christianen2014
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Derawan Island, East Kalimantan, Indonesia christianen2014
Trophic Cascade High Effect size mean Pooled Derawan Island, East Kalimantan, Indonesia christianen2014
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Derawan Island, East Kalimantan, Indonesia christianen2014
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Bermuda fourqurean2010
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Bermuda fourqurean2010
Trophic Cascade High Effect size mean Pooled Bermuda fourqurean2010
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Bermuda fourqurean2010
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Bermuda fourqurean2019
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Bermuda fourqurean2019
Trophic Cascade High Effect size mean Pooled Bermuda fourqurean2019
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Bermuda fourqurean2019
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Bermuda murdoch2007
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Bermuda murdoch2007
Trophic Cascade High Effect size mean Pooled Bermuda murdoch2007
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Bermuda murdoch2007
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Prince of Wales Island, Alaska raymond2021
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Prince of Wales Island, Alaska raymond2021
Trophic Cascade High Effect size mean Pooled Prince of Wales Island, Alaska raymond2021
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Prince of Wales Island, Alaska raymond2021
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled North Carolina myers2007
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled North Carolina myers2007
Risk Effect Medium Effect size mean Pooled North Carolina myers2007
Risk Effect Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled North Carolina myers2007
Trophic Cascade High Effect size mean Pooled North Carolina myers2007
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled North Carolina myers2007
Direct Predation Medium Effect size mean Pooled North Carolina grubbs2016
Direct Predation Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled North Carolina grubbs2016
Risk Effect Medium Effect size mean Pooled North Carolina grubbs2016
Risk Effect Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled North Carolina grubbs2016
Trophic Cascade Low Effect size mean Pooled North Carolina grubbs2016
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled North Carolina grubbs2016
Direct Predation Medium Effect size mean Pooled Caribbean clementi2021
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Caribbean clementi2021
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Great Barrier Reef atwood2018
Risk Effect Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Great Barrier Reef atwood2018
Trophic Cascade Medium Effect size mean Pooled Great Barrier Reef atwood2018
Trophic Cascade Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Great Barrier Reef atwood2018
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs barley2017
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs barley2017
Trophic Cascade Low Effect size mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs barley2017
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs barley2017
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs barley2017a
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs barley2017a
Trophic Cascade Low Effect size mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs barley2017a
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs barley2017a
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Southern Brazilian Coast bornatowski2014b
Direct Predation High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Southern Brazilian Coast bornatowski2014b
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs hammerschlag2018
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs hammerschlag2018
Trophic Cascade Low Effect size mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs hammerschlag2018
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs hammerschlag2018
Risk Effect High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA nowicki2021
Risk Effect High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA nowicki2021
Trophic Cascade High Effect size mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA nowicki2021
Trophic Cascade High Strength of evidence mean Pooled Shark Bay, WA nowicki2021
Direct Predation High Effect size mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs ruppert2013
Direct Predation Medium Strength of evidence mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs ruppert2013
Trophic Cascade Low Effect size mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs ruppert2013
Trophic Cascade Low Strength of evidence mean Pooled Rowley/Scott Reefs ruppert2013

Length

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
Lmax-observed 428 cm TL max Female Townsville, Australia simpfendorfer1992
Length at first maturity 287 cm TL raw_value Female Townsville, Australia simpfendorfer1992
Length at maternity 287 cm TL min Female Townsville, Australia simpfendorfer1992
Lbirth 80 cm TL raw_value Pooled Townsville, Australia simpfendorfer1992
Length at first maturity 292 cm TL raw_value Male Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Length at first maturity 330 cm TL min Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Lbirth 80 cm TL min Pooled Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Lmax-observed 447 cm TL max Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Length of largest immature 314 cm TL max Male Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Lbirth 81.5 cm TL raw_value Pooled Ishigaki Islands, Japan castro2016a
Length at maternity 334 cm TL min Female Ishigaki Islands, Japan castro2016a
Lmax-observed 380.2 cm TL max Male Indonesia white2007a
Lmax-observed 385.3 cm TL max Female Indonesia white2007a
Length at first maturity 300 cm TL min Male Indonesia white2007a
Length at maternity 385.3 cm TL raw_value Female Indonesia white2007a

Reproduction

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
Uterine fecundity 6 n min Female Townsville, Australia simpfendorfer1992
Uterine fecundity 31.5 n mean Female Townsville, Australia simpfendorfer1992
Uterine fecundity 3 n min Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Uterine fecundity 32.6 n mean Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Ovum diameter 100 mm min Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Gestation length 15 Month min Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Ovulation May Month min Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Max uterine width 40 mm min Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Breeding January Month min Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Parturition September Month min Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Breeding interval Triennial Year raw_value Female Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
Offspring mass 1552.9 g raw_value Unspecified Ishigaki Islands, Japan castro2016a
Offspring mass 338.5 g raw_value Unspecified Ishigaki Islands, Japan castro2016a
Reproductive mode Matrotrophy Category raw_value Female Ishigaki Islands, Japan castro2016a

Relationships

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
b 1.2191 Coefficient raw_value Pooled Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007
a 20.181 Coefficient raw_value Pooled Main Hawaiian Islands whitney2007

Trends

Location Unit Reference
West Atlantic
individual baum2010 Details
southwest_pacific
individual holmes2012 Details
southwest_pacific
individual holmes2012 Details
southwest_pacific
individual holmes2012 Details
southwest_pacific
individual holmes2012 Details
Bimini islands, Bahamas
individual hansell2018 Details
southern tip of Eleuthera to the northern tip of Little San Salvador
individual Talwar2020 Details
Queensland east coastline, Australia
individual Roff2018 Details
Queensland east coastline, Australia
individual Roff2018 Details
Kwazulu-Natal coast South-Africa
individual dudley2006b Details
New South Wales coast Australia
individual reid2011 Details
North Carolina to Brownsville (USA)
individual peterson2017 Details
Northwest Atlantic
individual carlson2012c Details
West Atlantic
individual baum2003 Details
northwestern Australia
individual Braccini2020 Details
Northwest Atlantic
individual Carlsonunpubl4 Details
Pilbara and Kimberley, Northwest Australia
kg McAuley2012 Details
Cairns & Townsville, Australia
individual simpfendorfer2011b Details
Western and Central Pacific
individual Tremblay-Boyer2016 Details
Chesapeake Bay and coastal Virginia waters, Virginia Institute of Marine Science Longline Survey (VIMS LL)
individual peterson2017 Details
, Northern Gulf of Mexico and North Carolina waters, Southeast Fishery Science Centre Longline Survey (SEFSC LL)
individual peterson2017 Details

Contributors to the data of this species

  • ajudah
  • Simon Dedman
  • Nathan Pacoureau