Species profile—Carcharhinus leucas (bull shark)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Carcharhinidae (whaler sharks) → Carcharhinus leucas (bull shark)
Sighting data
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
- 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 AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.