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Bronze Whaler Shark

Carcharhinus brachyurus

Seabook: Bronze Whaler Shark

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Max Depth

360 m

Description

The copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), bronze whaler, or narrowtooth shark is a species of requiem shark found mostly in temperate latitudes. It is distributed in a number of separate populations in the northeastern and southwestern Atlantic, off southern Africa, in the northwestern and eastern Pacific, and around Australia... Read more in Seabook

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Colors

white
brown
grey

Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Group

Conservation status

(VU) Vulnerable

Danger to human

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