Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)

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 brachyurus (Günther, 1870)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 325 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-360 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2020)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: nearly circumglobal in temperate, subtropical and some tropical seas, but with a patchy distribution reflecting its apparent preference for temperate seas. Eastern Atlantic: known from off France southward and around the coast of southern Africa to central Natal, South Africa. One record in Equatorial Guinea.