copper shark

Carcharhinus brachyurus

Named in an eighteen seventy museum catalogue

copper shark is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 325 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Ground Sharks
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Maximum length: 325 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil to Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: off France southward and around the coast of southern Africa to central Natal, South Africa (Ref. 5578 ), including the Mediterranean. Possibly two separate populations in southern Africa (Ref. 3209 ). Western Pacific: Japan to New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to the Gulf of California in Mexico and Peru.
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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