Carcharhinus cautus
(WHITLEY, 1945)
Nervous shark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae
Reference of the original description
New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 2. Australian Zoologist, 11 (1): 1–41
New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 2. Australian Zoologist, 11 (1): 1–41
Image of the original description
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Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Galeolamna greyi cauta
Galeolamna greyi cauta
Description :
Citation: Carcharhinus cautus (WHITLEY, 1945): In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2021
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Carcharhinus cautus (WHITLEY, 1945), © FAO, www.fish-base.org

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Common names
Tiburón nervioso,
Requin nerveux,
Nervous shark,
Sharks Bay whaler shark




Short Description
Grey or light brown above, white below; dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins with black margins, expanded apically to black tips on caudal fin lobes and pectoral fins; probably a conspicuous white band on flank [544].
Grey or light brown above, white below; dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins with black margins, expanded apically to black tips on caudal fin lobes and pectoral fins; probably a conspicuous white band on flank [544].
Distribution
Western Pacific: southern New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and northern Australia (including Western Australia, Ref. 7300). Source: www.gbif.org
Western Pacific: southern New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and northern Australia (including Western Australia, Ref. 7300). Source: www.gbif.org
Human uses
fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family
fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family
Biology
Viviparous, placental [733]. Size at birth between 35 and 39 cm [517]. Distinct pairing with embrace [17086]. Occurs on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).
Viviparous, placental [733]. Size at birth between 35 and 39 cm [517]. Distinct pairing with embrace [17086]. Occurs on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).
Habitat
reef-associated; marine
reef-associated; marine
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=733;
shark-references Species-ID=733;
Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Myxosporea
Cestoda
Myxosporea
- Kudoa carcharhini GLEESON, BENNETT & ADLARD, 2010 [21484]
Cestoda
- Otobothrium alexanderi PALM, 2004 [17826]
- Otobothrium mugilis HISCOCK, 1954 [17826]
- Paraorygmatobothrium sp. [25840]
- Scyphophyllidium ullmanni (CUTMORE, BENNETT, MILLER & CRIBB, 2017) [25840]