Galeocerdo cuvier
– Lower Risk Near Threatened
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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CHONDRICHTHYES
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Order:
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CARCHARHINIFORMES
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Family:
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CARCHARHINIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Galeocerdo cuvier
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Species Authority:
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(Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
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Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/nt ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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2000
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Assessor/s:
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Simpfendorfer, C.
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Evaluator/s:
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Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This large omnivorous shark is common world-wide in tropical and warm-temperate coastal waters. It is a relatively fast growing and fecund species, and caught regularly in target and non-target fisheries. There is evidence of declines for several populations where they have been heavily fished. Continued demand, especially for the valuable fins, may result in further declines in the future, but this species can withstand a higher level of fishing activity than many other species of shark. Additionally, juvenile survivorship increases where adult tiger shark populations have been depleted by fisheries and predation of young is lessened.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
American Samoa; Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia (Lord Howe I.); Bahamas; Belize; Bermuda; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Cook Islands; Costa Rica (Cocos I.); Cuba; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador (Galápagos); Egypt; El Salvador; Eritrea; Fiji; French Guiana; French Polynesia (Marquesas, Tuamotu); Gambia; Ghana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hong Kong; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Kuwait; Liberia; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico (Revillagigedo Is.); Micronesia, Federated States of; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; Netherlands Antilles; New Caledonia; New Zealand (Kermadec Is.); Nicaragua; Niue; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Qatar; Réunion; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain (Canary Is.); Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates; United States (Hawaiian Is.); United States Minor Outlying Islands (Johnston I.); Uruguay; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Wallis and Futuna; Yemen
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FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
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Native:
Atlantic-eastern central; Atlantic-northeast; Atlantic-northwest; Atlantic-southeast; Atlantic-southwest; Atlantic-western central; Indian Ocean-eastern; Indian Ocean-western; Pacific-eastern central; Pacific-northwest; Pacific-southeast; Pacific-southwest; Pacific-western central
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Population
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Marine
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List of Habitats:
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| 9.1 | Marine Neritic - Pelagic |
| 10.1 | Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m) |
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Threats
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List of Threats:
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| 3.1 | Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Food (ongoing) |
| 3.4 | Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Materials (ongoing) |
| 4.1.1 | Accidental mortality - Bycatch - Fisheries-related (ongoing) |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. No. 125, vol. 4. Shark Specialist Group. 2000. IUCN Shark Specialist Group Red List Assessments, 2000 (unpublished report). Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.
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