Carcharhinus longimanus, Oceanic whitetip shark : fisheries, gamefish

Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)

Oceanic whitetip shark
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Élasmobranches (requins et raies) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Carcharhinus: karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin (See ETYFish)longimanus: longus (L.), long; manus (L.) hand, referring to its long paddle-like pectoral fins (See ETYFish).
More on author: Poey.

Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution Écologie

marin pelagic-oceanic; océanodrome (Ref. 87829); profondeur 0 - 1082 m (Ref. 106604), usually 0 - 152 m (Ref. 55185). Subtropical; 18°C - 28°C (Ref. 244); 46°N - 43°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 6871)

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Circumglobal in tropical and warm-temperate waters Ref. 244). Highly migratory species.

Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturité: Lm 195.7, range 180 - 226 cm
Max length : 400 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 89972); common length : 270 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9253); poids max. publié: 167.4 kg (Ref. 40637); âge max. reporté: 22 années (Ref. 31395)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Épines anales: 0. A stocky shark with a huge, rounded 1st dorsal fin, and long, wide-tipped pectoral fins; snout bluntly rounded; upper teeth triangular; interdorsal ridge present (Ref. 5578). Back usually dark grey with a bronze tinge, sometimes brown or bluish; belly whitish, sometimes with a yellow tinge; tips off first dorsal, pectorals, and lower lobe of caudal often white or with white spots (sometimes absent); ventral surface of pelvic fins, apices of anal and second dorsal, and ventral lobe of caudal often with black spots; black or dusky saddle-marks in front of second dorsal, upper margin of caudal and between dorsal fins (especially in young) (Ref. 9997).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

An oceanic deep-water species which sometimes comes close to shore (Ref. 244). Found surface to depths of at least 150 m (Ref. 26938). Epipelagic usually over water depths of >184 meters (Ref. 58302). Frequently accompanied by Remora, Coryphaena, pilot fishes (Ref. 30573), and tortoises. Feeds oceanic bony fishes, also threadfins, stingrays, sea turtles, sea birds, gastropods, squid, crustaceans, mammalian carrion and garbage (Ref. 5578), including tuna and mahimahi (Ref. 1602, 37816). Viviparous (Ref. 50449). There is pronounced partial segregation by size and sex in some areas. This is an active, almost fearless shark also charged in human attacks (Ref. 244). Probably responsible for many open-ocean attacks after air or sea disasters (Ref. 6871). Utilized fresh, frozen (Ref. 9987), smoked, and dried-salted for human consumption; hides for leather, fins for fin soup, liver oil for vitamins, also processed into fishmeal (Ref. 244). 1 to 15 young, 60 to 65 cm, are born per litter (Ref. 1602).

Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Viviparous, placental (Ref. 50449). Litter size 1-15 pups; 60-65 cm at birth (Ref. 244). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

Référence principale Téléchargez vos références | Références | Coordinateur : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborateurs

Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Niveau de menace critique (CR) (A2bd); Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES


CMS (Ref. 116361)


Menace pour l'homme

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 244)





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui
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Estimations basées sur des modèles

Indice de diversité phylogénétique
(Réf. 82804)
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00562 (0.00452 - 0.00700), b=3.06 (3.02 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique
(Réf. 69278)
4.2   ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience
(Réf. 120179)
Très faible, temps minimum de doublement de population supérieur à 14 ans (K=0.1; tm=7; tmax=22; Fec=1).
Rate of population increase Prior r = 0.06, 95% CL = 0.04 - 0.09, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnérabilité de la pêche
(Ref. 59153)
Very high vulnerability (84 of 100). 🛈
Vulnérabilité climatique
(Ref. 125649)
Very high vulnerability (76 of 100). 🛈
Catégorie de prix
(Ref. 80766)
Medium.
Nutriments
(Ref. 124155)
Calcium = 7.66 [1.45, 44.26] mg/100g; Iron = 0.723 [0.193, 2.260] mg/100g; Protein = 22.4 [19.6, 24.6] %; Omega3 = 0.259 [0.106, 0.652] g/100g; Selenium = 26 [8, 75] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.58 [2.21, 19.27] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.355 [0.172, 0.669] mg/100g (wet weight);