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spottail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah)
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Carcharhinidae

spottail shark

Carcharhinus sorrah

Seabed by day surface by night

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • West Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

spottail shark is a fish from Indo-West Pacific. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 160 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Maximum length
160 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964 ), Red Sea and East Africa (including Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles) to the Philippines, north to China, south to Australia. Also from Vanikolo Island (Santa Cruz Islands) and the Solomon Islands. Possibly occurring in the Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and Sri Lanka (Ref. 9997 ).
Conservation status
NTNear Threatened

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