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| Scientific Name | Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | [Sicilia] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 3200mm or 126" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Found in all warm seas except perhaps the eastern Pacific. Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and off South Africa to Japan, Korea and Australia. Present in Arafura Sea. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine to Argentina. Old record from Bermuda, south Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean to Cameroon. Northwest Atlantic: Canada. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Critically Endangered, 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 | Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, pp 10, Pl. 14 (fig. 1). |
| 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. |
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| Last Update | 2022 May 21 01:52 (species record created: 2021 Dec 26 04:32) |