Species Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)

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External Links

• Carcharias galapagensis Snodgrass, R.E. & Heller, E. 1905. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899. XVII. Shore fishes of the Revillagigedo, Clipperton, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 6: 333-427 [343].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS(SU) 12324 (missing), Galápagos Islands.
  Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 12325-26.

 

Generic Combinations

• Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905). —
  Garrick, J.A.F. 1982. Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 445: 1-194 figs 1-83 [126]

 

Introduction

In 2033 Carcharhinus galapagensis was placed on the IUCN Red List as Near Threatened.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Elizabeth and Middleton reefs, NSW, Lord Howe Island, records from off North West Cape require confirmation; tropical, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, marine, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

To 285 m.

 

General References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(2) 251-655 pp. [473]

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [296]

Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Family Carcharhinidae. pp. 1312-1360 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 687-1396 pp. [1337]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [243]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [261]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [11]

van Herwerden, L., Almojil, D. & Choat, H. 2008. Population genetic structure of Australian Galapagos reef sharks Carcharhinus galapagensis at Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve and Lord Howe Island Marine Park. Final report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 45 pp.

 

Common Name References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(2) 251-655 pp. [474] (Galapagos Shark)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Galapagos Shark)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Aug-2012		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)