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Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)

To FishBase images (<i>Carcharhinus obscurus</i>, Israel, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Carcharhinus obscurus, Israel, by Randall, J.E.)

105796  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105796)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Elasmobranchii (Class)
  8. Neoselachii (Subclass)
  9. Selachii (Infraclass)
  10. Galeomorphi (Superorder)
  11. Carcharhiniformes (Order)
  12. Carcharhinidae (Family)
  13. Carcharhinus (Genus)
  14. Carcharhinus obscurus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818) Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14. [details] 
Description Found on continental and insular shelves and oceanic waters. Avoids estuaries. Adults are commonly found at depths of...  
Description Found on continental and insular shelves and oceanic waters. Avoids estuaries. Adults are commonly found at depths of 200-400 m, young in shallower waters (Ref. 5485). A seasonal migratory species. Feeds on fish, sharks, rays, squids, gastropods, crustaceans, and detritus. Viviparous; litter size 6-14 pups, usually born early winter; 69-100 cm at birth. Utilized fresh and dried-salted for human consumption; hides for leather; fins for sharks-fin soup; and liver oil extracted for vitamins. [details]

Distribution southern Massachusetts and NE Georges Bank to Florida  
Distribution southern Massachusetts and NE Georges Bank to Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105796 on 2024-11-22
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of Carcharhinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961) Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Requins de la Cote Ouest de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 1-82 [details] 

original description (of Carcharinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961) Fourmanoir, P. (1961). Requins de la Cote Ouest de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar Serie F (Oceanographie) 4: 1-82 [details] 

original description (of Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818) Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14. [details] 

original description (of Prionodon obvelatus Valenciennes, 1844) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Põllumäe, A. [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Found on continental and insular shelves and oceanic waters. Avoids estuaries. Adults are commonly found at depths of 200-400 m, young in shallower waters (Ref. 5485). A seasonal migratory species. Feeds on fish, sharks, rays, squids, gastropods, crustaceans, and detritus. Viviparous; litter size 6-14 pups, usually born early winter; 69-100 cm at birth. Utilized fresh and dried-salted for human consumption; hides for leather; fins for sharks-fin soup; and liver oil extracted for vitamins. [details]

Diet Feeds on bottom and pelagic bony fish, sharks, skates, rays, cephalopods, gastropods, crustaceans, sometimes mammalian carrion and inorganic objects  [details]

Distribution southern Massachusetts and NE Georges Bank to Florida [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Importance Social- Commercial and gamefish [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English dusky shark  [details]
German Schwarzhaidüsterer Hai  [details]
Hebrew כריש עפרורי  [details]
Japanese ドタブカ  [details]
Lithuanian baltapelekis pilkasis ryklys  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Σκοτεινόχρωμος καρχαρίνος  [details]
Polish żarłacz ciemnoskóry  [details]
Spanish tiburón gambusotiburón arenerojaquetón lobo  [details]
Turkish esmer köpekbalığı  [details]
To Barcode of Life (100 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carcharhinus obscurella Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Prionodon obvelatus Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Eulamia obscura (Lesueur, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galeolamna eblis Whitley, 1944)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galeolamna macrurus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Carcharinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Galeolamna greyi Owen, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Carcharias macrurus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus obscurus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharhinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharhinus obscurella Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias macrurus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961)
To FishBase (from synonym Eulamia obscura (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeolamna macrurus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Prionodon obvelatus Valenciennes, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeolamna eblis Whitley, 1944)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeolamna greyi Owen, 1853)
To FishBase images (Carcharhinus obscurus, Israel, by Randall, J.E.) 
To GenBank (289 nucleotides; 244 proteins) 
To GenBank (289 nucleotides; 244 proteins) (from synonym Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Endangered) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus obscurus RAD107031-001) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Carcharhinus obscurus</i>, Israel, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Carcharhinus obscurus, Israel, by Randall, J.E.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Carcharhinus obscurus
Carcharhinus obscurus
Dusky shark
Dusky shark
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus obscurus RAD107031-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus obscurus RAD107031-001)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus obscurus RAD107031-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus obscurus RAD107031-002)
Hosted externally
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