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Leopard shark in kelp🦈

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SpeciesCarcharhiniformesTriakidae
Sharks & rays

🦈Leopard shark

Triakis semifasciata Girard, 1855

A leopárdcápa (Triakis semifasciata) a kékcápaalakúak (Carcharhiniformes) rendjébe, és a nyestcápafélék (Triakidae) családjába tartozó faj.

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≈ 1/6th of your weight
Also called
Leopard houndshark
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
10 kg
Body length
1.6 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
30 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Leopard shark

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
10 kgrecord 18 kg · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1.6 mrecord 1.98 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

By sex

  • Female1.8 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan
30 yearsrecord 30 years · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 15
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.67
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.67 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

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

Volume l
10 Laverage
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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 Leopard shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyTriakidae
  6. ›genusTriakis
  7. ›speciesTriakis semifasciata
Full lineage
  1. subphylumVertebrata
  2. superclassGnathostomata
  3. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  4. subclassElasmobranchii
All 7 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
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In other languages
Leopardenhai (de), Triakis semifasciata (es), Pars köpek balığı (tr), Калифорнийская тройнозубая акула (ru), Triakis semifasciata (fr), tauró lleopard (ca) … and 20 more languages
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