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SpeciesCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae

Sharks & rays

🦈Grey reef shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)

黑尾真鲨，又稱黑印白眼鮫、鈍吻真鯊、灰礁鯊(grey reef shark)，为軟骨魚綱板鰓亞綱真鯊目真鲨科的其中一種，被IUCN列為瀕危保育類動物。荷蘭魚類學家Pieter Bleeker於1856 在科學雜誌Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 中首次將本物種命名為Carcharias (Prionodon) amblyrhynchos。後來的作者將這個物種移至真鯊屬。此模式標本是一隻來自爪哇海的1.5公尺長的雌魚。

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vs you

≈ a third of your weight

Also called

Gray Reef Shark

Conservation status

ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing

Key measurements

Body mass: 19 kg
Body length: 2.55 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: 25 years

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Everything we know about the Grey reef shark

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

Body mass

19 kgrecord 34 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

2.55 mmaximum recorded

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

By sex

Female1.72 mFishBasev25.04

Maximum lifespan

25 yearsrecord 25 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 4

AnAge

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data quality: acceptable

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

Trophic level

4.11

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 4.11 (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

19 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 Grey reef shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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黑尾真鲨 (zh), Requin dagsit (fr), Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (pl), Grauer Riffhai (de), сива рифова акула (bg), tauró de cua negra (ca) … and 22 more languages

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