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spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
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Date: 2005:09:16 01:56:16
Camera: PENTAX Optio WPi (PENTAX Corporation)
F number: f/3.3
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Upload Date: 2017:06:25 19:45:47
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Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) from the Gulf of Mexico
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Source http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/fish4138.htm
Author SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spinner_shark_nmfs.jpg
The spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, named for the spinning leaps it makes as a part of its feeding strategy. This species occurs in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide.
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Species: Carcharhinus brevipinna (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)
Synonyms:
Aprionodon caparti Poll, 1951
Carcharhinus johnsoni Smith, 1951
Carcharias brevipinna Müller & Henle, 1839
Isogomphodon maculipinnis Poey, 1865
Longmania calamaria Whitley, 1944
Uranga nasuta Whitley, 1943 |
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