Cybium, International Journal of Ichthyology
Copyright © 2004 Société Française d’Ichtyologie

Premier signalement du requin tisserand, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) pour la Nouvelle-Calédonie

Charles CARAGUEL & Samuel Paco IGLÉSIAS (1)

(1) UMR 5178, Station de Biologie marine, Département “Milieux et Peuplements aquatiques”, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Place de la Croix, BP 225, 29182 Concarneau cedex, FRANCE.

Abstract. - First record of the spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) from New Caledonia.

Four immature specimens of the spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839), were collected in the southern lagoon of New Caledonia in 2002 and 2003. The species is likely to be common in the area, but to date was probably confused with the blacktip shark, C. limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) also present in the area. C. brevipinna is the eleventh species of the genus Carcharhinus referenced in New Caledonia, and this is presently the most eastern localisation for this species in the Pacific Ocean.

Key words. - Carcharhinidae - Carcharhinus brevipinna - PSW - New Caledonia - First record.