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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 cauta , Galeolamna greyi cauta
Galeolamna 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 07/2025
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Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945), © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945), © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Common names
Tiburón nervioso, 
Requin nerveux, 
Nervous shark, Sharks Bay whaler shark
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
Copepoda
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]
Copepoda
- Perissopus dentatus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 [33009]
