Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 92

Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 640 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-1280 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2019)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: cosmopolitan, mostly amphi-temperate. Eastern Atlantic: known from France to South Africa, including the Mediterranean. International trade cooperation, Australia (CITES Appendix III, since 28.5.2003; CMS Appendix I and II).