Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950)

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Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) .

Bignose Shark. 3.0 m (9.8 ft) TL (Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995). Circumglobal; patchily distributed from central Baja California (Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995) to northern Peru ( Chirichigno and Vélez 1998) , including Gulf of California (Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995), and Islas Galápagos ( Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Depth: surface to 810 m (2,633 ft) (min.: Compagno in Carpenter and De Angeles 2016; max.: Weigmann 2016).