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Carcharhinus galapagensis erscotts hole🦈

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SpeciesCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae
Sharks & rays

🦈Galapagos shark

Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)

Galapagoshaj (Carcharhinus galapagensis) är en hajfisk i familjen gråhajar. Galapagoshajen återfinns i varma, tropiska vatten på djup som varierar mellan fem och 60 meter, men den håller endast till runt öar. Galapagoshajen är mörkt grå till färgen, och med en smutsvit undersida. Toppen på stjärtfenan är svart och dess nos är lång, och rundad. Dom växter till en medel längd av ungefär 3 meter. Dess huvudsakliga föda består till större delen av sådant som lever på havsbotten, som olika fiskar och bläckfiskar. Dock är det också känt att galapagoshajen är kannibalisk och gärna äter yngre hajar av samma släkte.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
47 kg
Body length
3 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
24 years
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Everything we know about the Galapagos shark

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

Body mass
47 kgrecord 85 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
3 mrecord 3.7 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

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

Maximum lifespan
24 yearsrecord 24 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 9
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data quality: acceptable

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

Trophic level
4.23
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.23 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

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

Volume l
47 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 Galapagos shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyCarcharhinidae
  6. ›genusCarcharhinus
  7. ›speciesCarcharhinus galapagensis
Full lineage
  1. subphylumVertebrata
  2. superclassGnathostomata
  3. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  4. subclassElasmobranchii
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
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Tubarão-das-galápagos (pt), Żarłacz galapagoski (pl), Галапагосская акула (ru), Requin des Galapagos (fr), Carcharhinus galapagensis (es), Carcharhinus galapagensis (ca) … and 17 more languages
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