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SpeciesCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae
Sharks & rays

🦈Copper shark

Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)

クロヘリメジロザメ Carcharhinus brachyurus はメジロザメ属に属するサメの一種。メジロザメ属で唯一、主に温帯に分布する。隔離分布しているため、いくつかの個体群に分かれているとみられる。汽水・浅瀬から100 m以深まで幅広い範囲で見られる。雌雄は別々に暮らし、季節回遊を行う。最大で3.3 mに達し、他の大型メジロザメによく似ている。鉤形の上顎歯、一様なブロンズ色の体色、背鰭間に隆起がないことなどが特徴。 群れで狩りを行い、魚類や頭足類を食べる。胎生で、1年以上の妊娠期間の後に7-24匹の仔魚を産む。成長は遅く、性成熟には雄で13-19年、雌で19-20年かかる。 特に危険とみなされるサメではないが、襲撃記録はある。漁業や釣りの対象となって個体数が減少しており、IUCNは保全状況を危急としている。

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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
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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
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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
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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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