Whitecheek shark
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| Whitecheek shark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Carcharhinus |
| Species: | C. dussumieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Carcharhinus dussumieri (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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The whitecheek shark, Carcharhinus dussumieri, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean between latitudes 34° N and 25° S. Its length is up to about 1.2 m.
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- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Carcharhinus dussumieri" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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