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SpeciesCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae
Sharks & rays

🦈Copper shark

Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)

Медната акула (Carcharhinus brachyurus) е вид пилозъба акула от семейство Сиви акули (Carcharhinidae). Видът е почти застрашен от изчезване.

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Also called
Carcharhinus brachyurus, Bronze whaler, Bronze Whaler, Cocktail Shark, Narrowtooth Shark, New Zealand Whaler
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
168 kg
Body length
3.25 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
35 years
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Everything we know about the Copper shark

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
168 kgrecord 305 kg · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
3.25 mmaximum recorded
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
35 yearsrecord 30 years · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 17
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.33
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.33 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
traumatogenic
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
168 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Copper shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyCarcharhinidae
  6. ›genusCarcharhinus
  7. ›speciesCarcharhinus brachyurus
Full lineage
  1. subphylumVertebrata
  2. superclassGnathostomata
  3. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  4. subclassElasmobranchii
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
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短尾真鲨 (zh), Carcharhinus brachyurus (es), Requin cuivre (fr), Узкозубая акула (ru), tauró bronzat (ca), Bronzehai (de) … and 19 more languages
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