Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
CHONDRICHTHYES |
LAMNIFORMES |
PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai |
| Species Authority |
Cadenat, 1963 |
| Infra-specific Authority: |
(Matsubara, 1936) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Crocodile Shark |
| French |
– |
Requin Crocodile |
| Spanish |
– |
Tiburón Cocodrilo |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Lower Risk/near threatened
ver 2.3
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| Year Assessed: |
2000 |
| Assessor/s |
Compagno, L.J.V. & Musick, J.A. |
| Evaluator/s: |
Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority) |
Justification:
This small, uncommon, pelagic, oceanic shark is circumtropical in distribution. Because of its small litter size and probable life history demography, it is likely vulnerable as bycatch in expanding pelagic high-seas long-line fisheries. No catch per unit effort records are available to indicate trends in population size, but a population decline from bycatch is considered probable and is predicted to continue or increase as existing massive pelagic long-lining fishing effort increases worldwide.
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
Oceanic and Circumtropical.
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| Countries: |
Native:
Angola; Australia (Coral Sea Is. Territory, Queensland); Brazil; Cape Verde; Colombia; Costa Rica (Cocos I.); Ecuador; El Salvador; French Polynesia (Marquesas, Tuamotu); Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Honduras; Indonesia (Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Sumatera); Japan; Kiribati; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Madagascar; Maldives; New Zealand (North Is.); Nicaragua; Panama; Philippines; Saint Helena; South Africa; Taiwan, Province of China; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands (Johnston I.)
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Atlantic; Atlantic; Indian Ocean; Pacific; Pacific; Pacific; Pacific; Pacific
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Population
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology
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Conservation Actions
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