Carcharhinus falciformis (Muller & Henle, 1839)

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 : 95

Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron in Müller & Henle, 1839)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 350 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-4000 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2017)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical. Eastern Atlantic: known from Spain, Madeira to northern Angola, St. Paul’s Rocks, Cape Verde. Observed along the coast of Gabon, juveniles and adults were caught all years long by artisanal and industrial fishing (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). CITES Appendix II. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.