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night shark (Carcharhinus signatus)
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Carcharhinidae

night shark

Carcharhinus signatus

Green eyes and long snout six hundred meters deep

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

night shark is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 280 cm.

Maximum length
280 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Delaware to Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Cuba; southern Brazil, Argentina (Ref. 244 ). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana to Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, off northern Namibia (Ref. 244 , 5578 ).

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