Bronze Whaler Shark

Carcharhinus brachyurus

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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

Locations

Seychelles New Zealand Angola Namibia Australia West +22 more in Seabook

Colors

white

brown

grey

Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Group

Conservation status

(VU) Vulnerable

Danger to human

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