Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 96

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E31B-3F47-762D-DEB5EA70FBAE
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scientific name	Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
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Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 750 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 0-1136 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: NT – Near threatened (A2bd+3d / 2019) Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Eastern Atlantic: known from Iceland to Angola. Observed along the coast of Gabon, juveniles and adults were caught by artisanal and industrial fishing (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Carcharhiniformes
Family	Carcharhinidae
Genus	Galeocerdo

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