Species Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Oceanic White Tip Shark, Oceanic White-tipped Whaler, White-tipped Whaler, Whitetip Whaler
- Squalus longimanus Poey, F. 1861. Memorias sobre la Historia Natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios latinon y extractos en francés. 50. Conspectus piscium cubensium. pp. 337–427 pls 13, 15–19 Habana Vol. 2 442 pp. 19 pls. [338, pl. 19(9, 10)] [name placed on Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (Name no. 2059) by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1965. Opinion 723. Repeal of the ruling given in Opinion 47 together with the stabilization of the generic names Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816, Carcharodon Smith, 1838 and Odontaspis Agassiz, 1838 in their accustomed sense (Pisces). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(1): 32–36].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Cuba.
Generic Combinations
- Pterolamiops longimanus (Poey, 1861). —
Springer, S. 1951. Correction for "A revision of North American sharks allied to the genus Carcharhinus.". Copeia 1951(3): 244 (changed combination as replacement for Pterolamia)
Glover, C.J.M. 1974. The whitetip oceanic shark Pterolamiops longimanus Poey, 1861 — a first record from off the southern Australian coast. South Australian Naturalist 49(1): 12-13 - Pterolamia longimanus (Poey, 1861) [as type of genus, generic name preoccupied]. —
Springer, S. 1950. A revision of North American sharks allied to the genus Carcharhinus. American Museum Novitates 1451: 1-13 [7] (changed combination as type of genus Pterolamia) - Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861). —
Garrick, J.A.F. 1982. Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 445: 1-194 figs 1-83 [150]
Introduction
In 2006 Carcharhinus longimanus was placed on the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cape Leeuwin, WA to southern NSW and one record from SA; tropical, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, oceanic, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Common in oceanic areas, surface to 150 m.
General References
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. [1341]
Garrick, J.A.F. 1982. Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 445: 1-194 figs 1-83
Glover, C.J.M. 1974. The whitetip oceanic shark Pterolamiops longimanus Poey, 1861 — a first record from off the southern Australian coast. South Australian Naturalist 49(1): 12-13
Stevens, J.D. 1994. Families Carcharhinidae, Triakidae, Scyliorhinidae. pp. 120-138 figs 76-107 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [122]
White, W. 2008. Shark Families Heterodontidae to Pristiophoridae. pp. 32-100 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [69]
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. [484] (Oceanic Whitetip Shark)
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [123] (White-tipped Whaler)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [257] (Whitetip Whaler)
May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [107] (Oceanic White Tip Shark)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [123] (Oceanic White-tipped Whaler)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Oceanic Whitetip Shark)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Aug-2012 | 16-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |