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SpeciesCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae
Sharks & rays

🦈Copper shark

Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)

무태상어(Carcharhinus brachyurus)는 최대 몸길이가 3m 이하이며 연골어류(軟骨魚類) 흉상어목 흉상어과의 바닷물고기로, 태평양, 대서양, 인도양에 주로 사는 상어이다. 무태상어는 백상아리, 뱀상어, 청상아리 등과 함께 사람을 공격하는 종이자 대표적인 식인상어 중 한 종으로 꼽힌다. 몸은 방추형(紡錐形)으로 길고 크며, 주둥이 역시 길고 둥글다. 등지느러미는 2개로, 제1등지느러미와 제2등지느러미 사이에 볼록하게 튀어나온 선이 없고, 제2등지느러미가 뒷지느러미보다 작은 것이 특징이다. 이빨은 삼각형으로, 가장자리가 톱니처럼 날카롭다. 몸빛깔은 등 쪽은 청황색, 배 쪽은 옅은 황색이며, 가슴지느러미가 시작되는 부분부터 배지느러미 위쪽에 이르기까지 어두운 색깔의 띠가 가로지른다. 연안이나 원양에지어 사냥 시 떼를 지어 다니며 정어리, 고등어 등 어류를 주로 먹는다.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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

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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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  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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