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Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
DUSKY WHALER
Black Whaler; Black Whaler Shark; Bronze Whaler; Common Whaler Shark; Dusky Shark; River Whaler; Slender Whaler Shark; Carcharhinus macrurus Ramsay and Ogilby, 1887; Carcharias obscurus Lesueur, 1818; Carcharinus obscurus Lesueur, 1818; Eulamia ebilis Whitley, 1944; Eulamia macrura Ramsay and Ogilby, 1887; Galeolamna macrurus Ramsay and Ogilby, 1877; Carcharias macrurus Ramsay and Ogilby, 1887; Galeolamna eblis Whitley, 1944; Squalus obscurus Lesueur, 1818

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Carcharhinus obscurus
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Overview
Main identification features
  • snout short, round; large eyes
  • 1st dorsal fin : moderate, round front edge; origin ~opposite pectoral rear tip
  • low ridge ds 2nd dorsal fin greater than 2.3 percent total length
  • pectoral: large, curved rear edge
Snout short, rounded, length before mouth 5.7-8.4% of total length; ridge on back between dorsal fins; origin of first dorsal fin over or slightly behind inner rear corner of pectoral fins; first dorsal fin relatively low; the height 5.8-10.4% of total length, tip pointed to narrowly rounded; origin of second dorsal above anal fin origin; pectoral large, curved.

Grey, shading to white ventrally, with a faint, near-horizontal, grey band invading the white of upper abdomen; tips of fins dusky.

Size: reaches 420 cm; size at birth 69-100 cm.

Habitat: Inshore to offshore coastal- pelagic, primarily on continental shelves, not in low salinity habitats.

Depth: 0-400 m.

Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas; from California to the Gulf of California and central Mexico, and the Revillagigedos.

Similar to, Galapagos Shark but with dorsal fin pointed and shorter.




Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos).
Depth Range Max: 400 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: sharks/rays; bony fishes; octopus/squid/cuttlefish; sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); sharks/rays; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=33; Southern limit=19; Western limit=-118; Eastern limit=-105; Latitudinal range=14; Longitudinal range=13.
Egg Type: Live birth; No pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); TEP non-endemic; West + East Pacific (but not Central); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Near threatened; Listed.
Length Max: 420 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Marine.
Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Bottom; Near Surface; Surface; Water column only;


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References
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