Hemitriakis abdita, Deepwater sicklefin hound shark

Hemitriakis abdita Compagno & Stevens, 1993

Deepwater sicklefin hound shark
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Triakidae (Houndsharks) > Galeorhininae
Etymology: Hemitriakis: hemi-, from hemisys (Gr.), half, being a genus that Herre believed was “most closely related” to Triakis (See ETYFish); abdita: Latin for hidden, referring to the close external similarity of this sibling species to H. falcata (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 225 m (Ref. 26282). Deep-water

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Western Central Pacific: Coral Sea off Queensland, Australia and from New Caledonia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 59.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 31238); 56.1 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 512.00 g (Ref. ); max. published weight: 512.00 g

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Holotype collected from a depth of 225 m (Ref. 26282). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).

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Ovoviviparous, embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborators

Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998. Triakidae. Houndsharks, smoothhounds, topes. p. 1297-1304. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO identification guide for fishery purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Vol. 2. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 13563)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 March 2025

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00437 (0.00187 - 0.01020), b=3.04 (2.84 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		4.1   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100). 🛈