CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Carcharhiniformes (order) » Carcharhinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 018001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 18 Carcharhinidae (Whaler Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Bronze Whaler
Common Names List:	bronze whaler shark bronze whaler
Organism Type:	a whaler shark
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 018904 Carcharhinus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	018001

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2014-08-10.
Occurrence locations [23] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 100 m.

Common/Standard Name Notes:

"bronze whaler shark" is the marketing name for this species

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d304ef9f-6d07-4e49-82be-65e466b17c23 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2883 View at FoA
ITIS	160346 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217341 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-22 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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