- Nervous shark
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Nervous shark Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Carcharhinidae Genus: Carcharhinus Species: C. cautus Binomial name Carcharhinus cautus
(Whitley, 1945)Range of the Nervous Shark The nervous shark, Carcharhinus cautus, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean between latitudes 5° S and 30° S. Its length is up to about 1.5 m.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Carcharhinus cautus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
Categories:- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Carcharhinidae
- Viviparous fish
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