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Common names: Bronze whaler, Bronze whaler shark, Horopekapeka
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Frequently seen around New Zealand, especially the North Island during the summer. Several non-fatal attacks in the northern North Island (Mangawhai and Goat Island Bay) have been attributed to this species. Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755). Also Ref. 244, 9997, 45524.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cox, G. and M. Francis, 1997
National Database:

Classificação / Names

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
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Common names from other countries

Requin cuivre, Tiburón cobrizo, Narrowtooth shark, ... more

Referência principal

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. (Ref. 244)
Referências | Bibliografia | Coordenador : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Colaboradores

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Max length : 325 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2334); Peso máx. publicado: 304.6 kg (Ref. 40637); Idade máx. registada: 30 anos (Ref. 3209)

Length at first maturity
L_m 230.0, range 245 - 240 cm

Ambiente

; marinhas; estuarina associadas(os) a recifes; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 0 - 360 m (Ref. 58018)

Clima / Intervalo

Subtropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 45°N - 52°S, 122°W - 180°E

Distribuição

Western Atlantic: Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil to Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: off France southward and around the coast of southern Africa to central Natal, South Africa (Ref. 5578), including the Mediterranean. Possibly two separate populations in southern Africa (Ref. 3209). Western Pacific: Japan to New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to the Gulf of California in Mexico and Peru.
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Descrição breve

Espinhos dorsais (total): 0; Raios dorsais moles (total): 0; Espinhos anais 0; Raios anais moles: 0. A large shark to with a bluntly pointed, broad snout, narrow, bent cusps on the upper teeth, and with no interdorsal ridge (Ref. 5578). Grey to bronzy in color, white below (Ref. 5578); fins mostly plain except for dusky tips on pelvic fins, as well as dusky to black tips and rear edges on pectoral fins (Ref. 9997).

A coastal and offshore shark (Ref. 9997) found along continental margins in most tropical and temperate seas. Occasionally enters large coastal bays and inshore areas (Ref. 6390). Occasionally found near the bottom (Ref. 6808). Migratory in the northern part of its range, moving northward in spring and summer and southward in autumn and winter (Ref. 244). Feeds on pelagic and bottom bony fishes, cephalopods, and small sharks and rays (Ref. 5578). Viviparous (Ref. 50449). Undoubtedly utilized for human consumption where it occurs (Ref. 244). Implicated in shark attacks on people (Ref. 9997).

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 115185)

Quase ameaçada (NT)

Ameaça para o homem

Traumatogenic (Ref. 4690)

Utilização humana

Pescarias: pouco comercial; peixe desportivo: sim

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278)
4.5 ±0.0 se; Based on diet studies.

Resiliência (Ref. 69278)
Muito baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população maior que 14 anos (K=0.04; tm=5-20; tmax=30; Fec=7)

Vulnerabilidade (Ref. 59153)
Very high vulnerability (87 of 100)

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766)
High

Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)