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SpeciesCarcharhiniformesTriakidae

Sharks & rays

🦈Gummy shark

Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870

南極星鲨（学名：Mustelus antarcticus），又稱南極貂鯊，為軟骨魚綱真鯊目皺唇鯊科星鯊屬的一種，分布於東印度洋澳洲南部，從巴斯海峽、塔斯馬尼亞島經維多利亞省至西澳大利亞海域，深度0至403公尺，本魚體細而延長，頭平扁，上半部呈深灰色，有白色斑點，下腹部呈銀白色，上顎唇褶短於下顎唇褶，具板狀牙齒，背鰭2枚，體長最大可達157公分，體重可達30.8公斤、壽命可達16年，棲息在沙底質海床，屬肉食性，以多毛類、頭足類、甲殼類、魚類為食，利用板狀牙齒幫助粉碎獵物的外殼和身體，以便更容易食用，成群活動，多半在夜間活動，雌魚活動範圍比雄魚大，卵胎生，交配期從11月到2月持續約3個月，妊娠期為11至12個月，胚胎的總長度可達30到36公分，雌魚每次最多可產57尾幼魚，可作為食用魚及遊釣魚。

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≈ 1/4th of your weight

Also called

Sweet William

Conservation status

LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendStable

Key measurements

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

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Everything we know about the Gummy shark

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

Body mass

17 kgrecord 31 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

1.57 mmaximum recorded

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

By sex

Female1.75 mFishBasev25.04

Maximum lifespan

16 yearsrecord 16 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 16

AnAge

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data quality: acceptable

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

Trophic level

4.45

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 4.45 (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

17 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 Gummy shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Australische toonhaai (nl), Mustelus antarcticus (es), Mustelus antarcticus (fr), Австралийская кунья акула (ru), Mustelus antarcticus (de), Mustelus antarcticus (it) … and 11 more languages

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