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

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
  • Nathan Pacoureau