Oceanic Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) in Captivity
Thanks to Jerry Crow, Manny Ezcurra, Alan Henningsen, and Dave Wertfor information.
Photograph | Aquarium and Details | TL (m) M (kg) |
Sex | Time in captivity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Waikiki Aquarium. Contact Jerry
Crow. |
0.7 4.5 |
M | 1.3 y | |
Coral World Bahamas (Contact Dave
Wert, Curator at "Atlantis" Resort in Nassau, Bahamas) |
~1.2 | M | Released after 1.4 y | |
Jakarta Aquarium, Indonesia (Contact Suzanne
Gendron now at Hongkong OceanPark) Two ~1.0 m TL specimens were caught near Sri Lanka and transported in a large live well where they could swim during 2-day transport to Jakarta. The boat docked near the Aquarium to minimize time in standard shark box. Both were kept until they reached about 1.5 m TL and died for unknown reason as far as I know. |
~1.0 | |||
Monterey Bay Aquarium. Caught in Oct. 2000 off Baja California
(TL over-the-curve 1.59 m; PCL OTC= 1.15 m, M = 22 kg when measured after
arrival at MBA). Additional information in The
Times Advertising Supplement and Monterey
Herald. Died of a bacterial infection on 22 Dec 2003 (TL = 1.90 m, TOT = 1.97, FL = 1.54, PCL = 1.39, M = 38.0 kg; 42.2 kg a week earlier when more antibiotics were given). |
~1.5 |
Fem | 3.2 yr | |
Photograph | Aquarium and Details | TL (m) M (kg) |
Sex | Time in captivity |