🦈Galapagos shark
Sysihai (Carcharhinus galapagensis) on härkähaiden heimoon kuuluva merikala, joka elää Atlantilla, Tyynellä valtamerellä ja Intian valtamerellä. Sysihai on suurikokoinen, tavallisesti kolmen metrin pituinen kala, paino noin 70 kiloa. Laji on lisäksi pitkäikäinen ja voi elää 25 vuoden ikäiseksi. Sysihai saattaa olla vaarallinen ihmisille. Lajilla on tavallisesti 5–15 noin 70 senttimetrin pituista poikasta. Ravinnoksi kelpaavat kalmarit ja pohjakalat. Suussa on 14 riviä hampaita.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 47 kg
- Body length
- 3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 24 years
Everything we know about the Galapagos shark
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass47 kgrecord 85 kg · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Body length3 mrecord 3.7 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Maximum lifespan24 yearsrecord 24 years · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Litter sizeabout 9AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic level4.23FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.23 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humanstraumatogenicFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l47 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Galapagos shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderCarcharhiniformes
- ›familyCarcharhinidae
- ›genusCarcharhinus
- ›speciesCarcharhinus galapagensis
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
All 7 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
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