Species profile—Carcharhinus obscurus (dusky whaler)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Carcharhinidae (whaler sharks) → Carcharhinus obscurus (dusky whaler)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Carcharhinidae (whaler sharks)
- Scientific name
- Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
- Common name
- dusky whaler
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22575
- Alternate name(s)
- dusky shark
black whaler - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- 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=22575
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.