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| Scientific Name | Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | [Sicilia] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. |
| Synonym(s) | Carcharhinus taurus, Carcharias arenarias, Carcharias arenarius, Carcharias griseus, Carcharias littoralis, Carcharias owstoni, Carcharias platensis, Charcharias taurus, Eugmophodus taurus, Eugomphodus griseus, Eugomphodus taurus, Lamna ecarinata, Odontaspis americanus, Odontaspis arenarius, Odontaspis cinerea, Odontaspis platensis, Odontaspis taurus, Squalus americanus, Squalus littoralis, Squalus lixa |
| 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. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:40.211.1510.8495 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2021 Dec 26 04:32) |