Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 91-92

Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 330 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-191 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: CR – Critically Endangered (A2bd / 2021) Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical, broad inshore distribution, primarily in subtropical to warm temperate waters around the main continental landmasses ( Compagno, 1984). Eastern Atlantic: known from Mediterranean to Cameroon.