Bronze whaler
Carcharhinus brachyurus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Genus
- Carcharhinus
Where to Find
Found in 12 diving areas across 5 countries and 4 regions.
- Ningaloo Reef, Australia - 4508 records
- South Australia, Australia - 4599 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 113 records
- Victoria, Australia - 4 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 54 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 1303 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 614 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 209 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 59 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records