Blue shairk

The blue shairk (Prionace glauca) is a species o requiem shairk, in the faimily Carcharhinidae, that inhabits deep watters in the warld's temperate an tropical oceans. Preferrin ceuler watters,^[3] blue shairks migrate lang distances, sic as frae New Ingland tae Sooth Americae. The species is leetit as Near Threatened bi the IUCN.

Blue shairk Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Chondrichthyes
Subcless:	Elasmobranchii
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Faimily:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Prionace Cantor, 1849
Species:	P. glauca
Binomial name
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Range o the blue shairk

Awtho generally lethargic, thay can muive vera quickly. Blue shairks are viviparous an are notit for lairge litters o 25 tae ower 100 pups. Thay feed primarily on smaw fish an squid, awtho thay can tak lairger prey. Maximum lifespan is still unkent, but it is believit that thay can live up tae 20 years.^[4]

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived frae the original on 10 Mey 2012. Retrieved 9 Januar 2008. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help) Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
2. Stevens, J. (2009) Prionace glauca. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T39381A10222811.en
3. Compagno, Leonard J. V. (1984). Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. pp. 521–524, 555–61, 590.
4. Sharks, Emerging Species Profile Sheets, published by the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; undated Archived October 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

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• ARKive – Images and movies of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) Archived 2006-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
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• BBCNews – 'Jaws' comes to a US beach 3 August 2010.
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