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Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)🦈

Photo: João D'Andretta · CC BY 4.0

SpeciesCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae
Sharks & rays

🦈Bull shark

Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)

황소상어(영어: bull shark, 학명: Carcharhinus leucas)는 따뜻하고 얕은 해안이나 강에 서식하는 상어이다. 이들은 예측불가능한 행동과 종종 포악함으로 알려져 있다. 많은 과학자들은 이들이 얕은 물을 선호함에 따라 다른 상어보다 인간에 끼치는 위협이 크다고 하였다. 뱀상어, 백상아리와 함께 인간을 공격하는 것으로 알려진 상어이다. 다른 대부분의 해양 상어와는 달리 황소상어는 바다로 이뤄진 바닷물과 강이나 호수로 이뤄진 민물에서도 살 수 있다. 강을 따라 거슬러 올라가기도 하며, 따라서 강가나 호숫가에서 일어난 공격은 이들에 의한 것이 많다. 하지만 황소상어는 진정한 민물상어는 아니다. 바다에 살지않고 오직 강과 같은 민물에서만 서식하며 살아가는 진정한 민물상어인 종은 상어들 중에서도 완전히 민물에 적응하여 평생을 민물에서만 살아가는 갠지스상어이다.

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Also called
Carcharhinus leucas
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
174 kg
Body length
2.6 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
32 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Bull shark

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

Body mass
174 kgrecord 317 kg · FishBase
AnAge
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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
2.6 mrecord 3.6 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

By sex

  • Female4 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan
32 yearsrecord 32 years · FishBase
AnAge
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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 10
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

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

Trophic level
4.31
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
Details ↓

From trophic level 4.31 (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
174 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 Bull 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 leucas
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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公牛鯊 (zh), Bullenhai (de), żarłacz tępogłowy (pl), כריש שורי (he), 황소상어 (ko), Requin-bouledogue (fr) … and 26 more languages
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