Trinidad and Tobago country information

Common names: Black fin shark, Blackfin shark, Blacktip shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Ramjohn, D.D., 2000
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Caught mainly on the east, south and north coasts of Trinidad and off Tobago (Ref. 36613). Also Ref. 33407, 33613.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.cep.unep.org/trini_tbgo/fisheries/index.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database:

Classificação / Names

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
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Common names from other countries

Requin bordé, Tiburón macuira, Common blacktip shark, ... more

Referência principal

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. (Ref. 244)
Referências | Bibliografia | Coordenador : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Colaboradores

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Max length : 275 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 27169); common length : 150 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9253); Peso máx. publicado: 122.8 kg (Ref. 4699); Idade máx. registada: 12 anos (Ref. 244)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 120 - 194 cm

Ambiente

; marinhas; estuarina associadas(os) a recifes; anfídromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 0 - 100 m (Ref. 89972), usually 0 - 30 m (Ref. 55184)

Clima / Intervalo

Subtropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 45°N - 38°S, 166°W - 171°E (Ref. 55184)

Distribuição

Cosmopolitan. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Brazil (Ref. 26340). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Mediterranean. Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964), Red Sea, Madagascar and South Africa to China, Australia, Tahiti, Marquesas, and Hawaii. Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands.
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Descrição breve

Espinhos dorsais (total): 0; Raios dorsais moles (total): 0; Espinhos anais 0; Raios anais moles: 0. A stout shark with a long, narrow, pointed snout, long gill slits and erect, narrow-cusped upper teeth; first dorsal fin high; no interdorsal ridge (Ref. 5578). Dark grey, ashy blue or dusky bronze on back, belly white or yellowish white; a dark band extending rearward along each side to about over origin of pelvic fin; tips of pelvic fins with a persistent black spot; tips of dorsal fins, pectoral fins, anal, and lower lobe of caudal fin usually black or dusky in young individuals, fading with growth (Ref. 9997).

An inshore and offshore shark found on or adjacent to continental and insular shelves (Ref. 244). Often off river mouths and estuaries, muddy bays, mangrove swamps, lagoons, and coral reef drop-offs (Ref. 244). Bottom associated or pelagic (Ref. 58302). Young common along beaches (Ref. 9710). Active hunter in midwater (Ref. 5485). Feeds mainly on pelagic and benthic fishes, also small sharks and rays, cephalopods and crustaceans (Ref. 5578; 37816). Viviparous (Ref. 50449). Produces litters of one to 10 young (Ref. 26938, 1602). Incriminated in very few attacks but dangerous when provoked (Ref. 244). Often taken by shore anglers (Ref. 5485). Used fresh for human consumption, hides for leather, liver for oil (Ref. 244). Parthenogenesis has been observed in a captive female (Ref. 80664).

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 115185)

Quase ameaçada (NT)

Ameaça para o homem

Traumatogenic (Ref. 244)

Utilização humana

Pescarias: espécies comerciais; peixe desportivo: sim

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278)
4.4 ±0.4 se; Based on diet studies.

Resiliência (Ref. 69278)
Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (rm=0.054; K=0.27; tm=3-8; tmax=18; Fec=1-10)

Vulnerabilidade (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (55 of 100)

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)