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Species profile—Carcharhinus leucas (bull shark)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Carcharhinidae (whaler sharks) → Carcharhinus leucas (bull shark)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
Family
Carcharhinidae (whaler sharks)
Scientific name
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
Common name
bull shark
WildNet taxon ID
22570
Alternate name(s)
river whaler
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Aquatic & Marine

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22570

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
7 September 2021
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