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SpeciesSqualiformesDalatiidae
Sharks & rays

🐟Cookiecutter shark

Isistius brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Isistius brasiliensis er en art blandt Squaliformes-ordenen, der lever i den pelagiske zone. Den er især observeret i Stillehavet omkring Japan mod nord og Australien mod syd, men den har sit habitat inden for tropiske områder over hele verden og forekommer oftere tæt på øer. Den kaldes populært for cigarhaj for sit lille, runde, brune udseende. Den er som udgangspunkt ikke et flokdyr og mødes normalt kun for at parre sig. Om dagen bevæger den sig opad, formentlig for at fange flere fisk, men den holder sig typisk alligevel omkring 100 meter fra overfladen.

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Also called
Isistius brasiliensis, Cookie-cutter Shark, Luminous Shark
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.42 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Cookiecutter shark

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Body length
0.42 mmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

By sex

  • Female0.56 mFishBasev25.04
Trophic level
4.28
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.28 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderSqualiformes
  5. ›familyDalatiidae
  6. ›genusIsistius
  7. ›speciesIsistius brasiliensis
Full lineage
  1. superclassGnathostomata
  2. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  3. subclassElasmobranchii
  4. genusIsistius
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. genusIsistius
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In other languages
巴西达摩鲨 (zh), Καρχαρίας κόπτης (el), Squalelet féroce (fr), Бразильская акула (ru), Tauró cigar (ca), Zigarrenhai (de) … and 21 more languages
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