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Scientific Name	**Carcharhinus leucas** (Valenciennes, 1839)
Common Name
Type Locality	Antilles, western Atlantic.
Synonym(s)	Carcharhinus azureus, Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus nicaraguensis, Carcharhinus vanrooyeni, Carcharhinus zambezensis, Carcharias azureus, Carcharias leucas, Carcharias spenceri, Carcharias zambesensis, Carcharias zambezensis, Carcharicus leucas, Carcharinus leucas, Carcharinus zambesensis, Carcharinus zambezensis, Eulamia nicaraguensis, Galeolamna bogimba, Galeolamna greyi mckaili
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.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2014 Nov 05 06:04)