Carcharhinus leucas (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 leucas (Valenciennes in Müller & Henle, 1839)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 400 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish, freshwater

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-152 m

Migration: amphidromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bcd / 2021)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical waters: widespread in warm oceans, rivers and lakes Eastern Atlantic: known from Morocco, Senegal to Angola. In Africa freshwater found in rivers of West Africa from Gambia River to Ogowe River (BMNH 1913.7.12.1) and in the Cuanza in Angola. Observed along the coast of Gabon (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).