Carcharhinus limbatus Caraibische zwartpunthaai

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SpeciesCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae

Sharks & rays

🦈Blacktip shark

Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)

カマストガリザメ Carcharhinus limbatus はメジロザメ属に属するサメの一種。世界中の熱帯沿岸の海・汽水に生息。2つの系統の存在が分かっており、西大西洋の個体群はその他から区別される。頑丈な流線型の体、尖った吻、鰓裂が長く、背鰭間に隆起はない。多くの個体で鰭の先端は黒い。全長1.5m。素早い魚食性捕食者で、水上に跳び出すこともある。性格は臆病。年齢・性別ごとに群れを作る。胎生で一年おきに1-10匹の仔を産む。幼体は特定の成育場で育ち、成体になってもそこに戻る。無性生殖した例がある。普通は危険ではないが、餌があると人を攻撃することがある。商業漁業上の重要種である。IUCNは危急としている。

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Conservation status

VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing

Key measurements

Body mass: 68 kg
Body length: 1.5 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: 12 years

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Everything we know about the Blacktip shark

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Body mass

68 kgrecord 123 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

1.5 mrecord 2.86 m · FishBasetypical adult

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Record: largest individual on record

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Maximum lifespan

12 yearsrecord 12 years · 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

Litter size

about 5

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data quality: acceptable

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Trophic level

4.37

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

Diet

carnivoreaverage

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From trophic level 4.37 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans

traumatogenic

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Volume l

68 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 Blacktip shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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鯊仔 (zh), Kleiner Schwarzspitzenhai (de), tauró de puntes negres (ca), žralok černocípý (cs), Carcharhinus limbatus (el), Carcharhinus limbatus (es) … and 20 more languages

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