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Scientific Name Carcharhinus longimanus  (Poey, 1861)
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Type Locality Cuba, western Atlantic.
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Size 3960mm or 155.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Cosmopolitan. Western Atlantic: Maine, USA to Argentina; also in Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Gulf of Guinea; possibly occurring in the Mediterranean. Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahiti and Tuamoto islands. Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to Peru, including the Galapagos. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea.
IUCN Red List Category Critically Endangered, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2, pp 338, Pl. 19 (figs. 9-10).
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Last Update 2022 Mar 05 02:12 (species record created: 2021 Dec 24 03:52)