Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Pacific smalltail shark (Carcharhinus cerdale), recorded as Critically Endangered
Pacific smalltail shark (Carcharhinus cerdale). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Pacific smalltail shark

Carcharhinus cerdale

Pacific smalltail shark is a shark or ray in the family Carcharhinidae (order Carcharhiniformes) — Carcharhinus cerdale, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Carcharhinus cerdale
Taxonomy
Elasmobranchii · Carcharhiniformes · Carcharhinidae · Carcharhinus

Appearance

It is relatively small with skin of a light-brownish color, and it can be found in the Pacific Ocean.

It was described in 1898, but later mistakenly merged with Carcharhinus porosus.

Range and habitat

No country pin is stored for Pacific smalltail shark on this catalog. That is a missing field, not proof the animal has no range.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet and breeding

Some adults even feed on the young of other sharks.

In crisis

Pacific smalltail shark is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Pacific smalltail shark, Wikidata item Q7122789. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

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Borneo shark

Carcharhinus borneensis
Photograph of Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Oceanic whitetip shark

Carcharhinus longimanus
Photograph of Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Pondicherry shark

Carcharhinus hemiodon
Photograph of Smalltail shark (Carcharhinus porosus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Smalltail shark

Carcharhinus porosus

Quick answers

What is Pacific smalltail shark?
Pacific smalltail shark is a shark or ray in the family Carcharhinidae (order Carcharhiniformes) — Carcharhinus cerdale.
What is the conservation status of Pacific smalltail shark?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Carcharhinus cerdale. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pacific smalltail shark live?
It is relatively small with skin of a light-brownish color, and it can be found in the Pacific Ocean.
Why is Pacific smalltail shark in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Carcharhinus cerdale?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pacific smalltail shark a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.