Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)

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 : 96

Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 250 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 1-500 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd / 2021)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Portugal to Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the Mediterranean. Observed at Mayumba (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).