Species details : Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)

Accepted scientific name:
Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
Synonyms:
Carcharhinus acarenatus Moreno & Hoyos, 1983 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharhinus acarenatus Moreno & Hoyos, 1983
Carcharhinus ahenea (Stead, 1938) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharhinus ahenea (Stead, 1938)
Carcharhinus improvisus Smith, 1952 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharhinus improvisus Smith, 1952
Carcharhinus remotoides Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharhinus remotoides Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981
Carcharhinus remotus (Duméril, 1865) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharhinus remotus (Duméril, 1865)
Carcharhinus rochensis Abella, 1972 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharhinus rochensis Abella, 1972
Carcharias brachyurus Günther, 1870 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharias brachyurus Günther, 1870
Carcharias lamiella Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharias lamiella Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Carcharias remotus Duméril, 1865 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharias remotus Duméril, 1865
Carcharinus improvisus Smith, 1952 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharinus improvisus Smith, 1952
Eulamia ahenea Stead, 1938 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eulamia ahenea Stead, 1938
Galeolamna ahenea (Stead, 1938) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Galeolamna ahenea (Stead, 1938)
Galeolamna eblis (non Whitley, 1944) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Galeolamna eblis (non Whitley, 1944)
Galeolamna greyi Owen, 1853 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Galeolamna greyi Owen, 1853
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Bronzie - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature reference
Koperhaai - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature reference
Koperhaai - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Kobberhaj - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature reference
Koperhaai - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature reference
Bronze - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Bronze shark whaler - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Bronze whaler - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Bronze whaler - English Namibia Click here to show the literature reference
Bronze whaler - English New Zealand Click here to show the literature reference
Bronze whaler - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature reference
Bronze whaler shark - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Bronzie - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Bronzie - English Namibia Click here to show the literature reference
Cocktail shark - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Cocktail whaler - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Copper shark - English Australia Click here to show the literature reference
Copper shark - English South Africa Click here to show the literature reference
Copper shark - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature reference
Narrow-tooth shark - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature reference
Narrowtooth shark - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Shark - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Requin - French Seychelles Click here to show the literature reference
Requin cuivre - French France Click here to show the literature reference
Kupferhai - German Germany Click here to show the literature reference
Squalo ramato - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature reference
Kuroherimejiro - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature reference
무태상어 Mutaesangeo Korean - Click here to show the literature reference
大沙 Da sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
大沙 Da sha Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
短尾白眼鮫 Duan wei bai yan jiao Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature reference
短尾白眼鲛 Duan wei bai yan jiao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
短尾真鯊 Duan wei jhen sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
短尾真鲨 Duan wei zhen sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
窄齒真鯊 Jhai chih jhen sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
窄齿真鲨 Zhai chi zhen sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
远鳍真鲨 Yuan qi zhen sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
遠鰭真鯊 Yuan ci jhen sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
Horopekapeka - Maori New Zealand Click here to show the literature reference
Ngerungeru - Maori New Zealand Click here to show the literature reference
Toiki - Maori New Zealand Click here to show the literature reference
Karcharinos vrachyouros - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature reference
Καρχαρίνος βραχύουρος Karcharinos vrachyouros Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature reference
Żarłacz miedziany - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature reference
Cacao - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Tubarão-cobre - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature reference
Cazón - Spanish Ecuador Click here to show the literature reference
Cazón - Spanish Peru Click here to show the literature reference
Cazón - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Jaqueta - Spanish - Click here to show the literature reference
Jaquetón - Spanish - Click here to show the literature reference
Tiburón cobrizo - Spanish Mexico(Pacific coast.) Click here to show the literature reference
Tiburón cobrizo - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Tollo mantequero - Spanish Peru Click here to show the literature reference
Tollo mantequero - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Kopparhaj - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature reference
Cá Mập đuôi ngắn - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature reference
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Elasmobranchii FishBase
Order Carcharhiniformes FishBase
Family Carcharhinidae FishBase
Genus Carcharhinus FishBase
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil to Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: off France southward and around the coast of southern Africa to central Natal, South Africa (Ref. 5578), including the Mediterranean. Possibly two separate populations in southern Africa (Ref. 3209). Western Pacific: Japan to New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to the Gulf of California in Mexico and Peru.
Lifezones: Brackish,marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Compagno, L., 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=864
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9de3cf-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401

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