Spinner Shark

Carcharhinus brevipinna

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Max Depth

100 m

Description

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. Other names: Blacktipped Shark, Great Blacktip Shark, Inkytail Shark, Large Blacktip Shark, Long-nose Grey Shark, Longnose Grey Whaler or Smoothfang Shark... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Sri Lanka Maldives Vietnam Montenegro Seychelles +131 more in Seabook

Colors

white

black

grey

silver

Social Behaviour

Group

Solitary

Habitat and Environment

Open water

Conservation status

(VU) Vulnerable

Poisonous

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Danger to human

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Venomous

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