🦈Gummy shark
Австралийская кунья акула (лат. Mustelus antarcticus) — распространённый вид хрящевых рыб рода обыкновенных куньих акул семейства куньих акул отряда кархаринообразных. Обитает в восточной части Индийского океана и в восточной части Тихого океана у южного побережья Австралии. Размножается плацентарным живорождением. Максимальная зафиксированная длина 185 см. Опасности для человека не представляет. Рацион состоит в основном из головоногих. Мясо этих акул употребляют в пищу.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 17 kg
- Body length
- 1.57 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Gummy shark
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass17 kgrecord 31 kg · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Body length1.57 mmaximum recordedFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
By sex
- Female1.75 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan16 yearsrecord 16 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 16AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic level4.45FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.45 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Volume l17 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 Gummy shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderCarcharhiniformes
- ›familyTriakidae
- ›genusMustelus
- ›speciesMustelus antarcticus
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
All 7 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
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