| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | CHONDRICHTHYES | CARCHARHINIFORMES | CARCHARHINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Carcharhinus leucas | |||
| Species Authority | (Müller & Henle, 1839) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3 |
| Year Assessed: | 2000 |
| Assessor/s | Simpfendorfer, C. & Burgess, G.H. |
| Evaluator/s: | Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority) |
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Justification: This common tropical and subtropical species occurs in marine, estuarine and freshwater, and can penetrate long distances up large rivers. It is caught in fisheries throughout its range, but is rarely a target species. Its occurrence in estuaries and freshwater makes it very vulnerable to human impacts and habitat modification. Given this species’ habitat requirements in areas that are currently heavily impacted by human activity, its life history, and target and bycatch in many inshore fisheries, there is some concern that Bull Sharks may be threatened. Average length of Bull Sharks caught by the Natal Sharks Board have declined significantly. |
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| Countries: |
Native:
American Samoa; Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Cameroon; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica; Cuba; Côte d'Ivoire; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Fiji; French Guiana; French Polynesia (Tuamotu); Gabon; Ghana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Jamaica; Kenya; Kuwait; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Martinique; Mauritius; Mexico; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao); New Caledonia; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Oman; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Suriname; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Venezuela; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.; Zimbabwe
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – northwest; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – western central; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast; Pacific – southwest
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Although primarily a marine species, it does travel long distances up freshwater rivers like the Amazon (Brazil, Peru) and the Mississippi (US) |
| Systems: | Freshwater; Marine |
| Citation: | Simpfendorfer, C. & Burgess, G.H. 2000. Carcharhinus leucas. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 November 2008. |
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