Carcharhinus humani, also known as the Human's whaler shark, is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. It inhabits the western Indian Ocean near the Socotra Islands, off Kuwait, Mozambique, and South Africa.[2]
Carcharhinus humani | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: | Carcharhinus |
Species: | C. humani
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Binomial name | |
Carcharhinus humani W. T. White & Weigmann, 2014
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Human's whaler shark range |
References
edit- ^ Pollom, R.; Gledhill, K.; Simpfendorfer, C.; Jabado, R.W.; Moore, A. & Elhassan, I. (2019). "Carcharhinus humani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T110834677A139929300. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T110834677A139929300.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ White, W. T. & Weigmann, S. (2014): Carcharhinus humani sp. nov., a new whaler shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3821 (1): 071-087.
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