/carcharhiniformes/carcharhinidae/carcharhinus/leucas/1.jpg "Carcharhinus leucas")
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 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Antilles, western Atlantic. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 3500mm or 137.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Widespread in warm oceans, rivers and lakes. Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Argentina (Ref 58839). Eastern Atlantic: Morocco, Senegal to Angola. Indo-West Pacific: Kenya and South Africa to India, then, Viet Nam to Australia. Eastern Pacific: southern Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador and possibly occurring in Peru. Sympatric with Carcharhinus amboinensis, Glyphis gangeticus. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Vulnerable, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen, pp 42. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
| Forum BBCode | |
 | Look up C. leucas on Fishbase |
 | Look up C. leucas on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up C. leucas on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:28.143.1118.6007 | |
| Last Update | 2017 Aug 28 02:47 (species record created: 2014 Nov 05 06:04) |