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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 018013 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Carcharhinus sorrah   (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Family: 37 18 Carcharhinidae (Whaler Sharks) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Spot-Tail Shark Common Names List: spot-tail shark sorrah shark blacktip shark Organism Type: a whaler shark Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m) Parent Codes: 37 018904     Carcharhinus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 018013

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 2014-08-11. Occurrence locations [1000] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 80 m.

Scientific Name Notes:	According to Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: "Evidently Müller & Henle alone were responsible for the description, so authorship is regarded as Müller & Henle (ex Valenciennes)".
Common/Standard Name Notes:	"blacktip shark" is the marketing name for this species
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e3c35787-0a8a-4e45-9a2f-c3f0578ae2a9 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 1955 View at FoA ITIS 160391 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217339 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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