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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 018009 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Carcharhinus coatesi   (Whitley, 1939)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Image by: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) Rights: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Family: 37 18 Carcharhinidae (Whaler Sharks) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Whitecheek Shark Common Names List: whitecheek shark blacktip shark Organism Type: a whaler shark Synonyms: Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839) [in most Australian references up to 2012] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 018904     Carcharhinus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 018009

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [850] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 3 to 170 m.

Scientific Name Notes:	White (2012) resurrected C. coatesi as a valid species that is restricted to northern Australia (and possibly PNG). The true C. dussumieri is currently known from the Western Indian Ocean (Persian Gulf eastwards to at least India).
Common/Standard Name Notes:	"blacktip shark" is the marketing name for this species
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:337e2915-0e73-4335-adc5-23a9e7e075ce Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 2886 View at FoA ITIS 160375 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1014961 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-08-21 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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