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| Pigeye shark | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Carcharhinus |
| Species: | C. amboinensis |
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| Carcharhinus amboinensis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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| Range of pigeye shark | |
The pigeye shark, Carcharhinus amboinensis, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in tropical waters between latitudes 26° N and 26° S, from the surface to 150 m. Its length is up to about 2.8 m.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Carcharhinus amboinensis" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
