Copper shark

📖 Overview

A coastal and offshore shark found along continental margins in most tropical and temperate seas. Occasionally enters large coastal bays and inshore areas . Occasionally found near the bottom . Migratory in the northern part of its range, moving northward in spring and summer and southward in autumn and winter . Feeds on pelagic and bottom bony fishes, cephalopods, and small sharks and rays . Viviparous . Undoubtedly utilized for human consumption where it occurs . Implicated in shark attacks on people .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. A large shark to with a bluntly pointed, broad snout, narrow, bent cusps on the upper teeth, and with no interdorsal ridge . Grey to bronzy in color, white below ; fins mostly plain except for dusky tips on pelvic fins, as well as dusky to black tips and rear edges on pectoral fins .: fusiform / normal.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Copper shark is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Copper shark is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Viviparous, with a yolk-sac placenta. Litter contains 7 to 20 pups . Young born at 59 - 70 cm TL . Pupping may occur at any time of the year but there is a peak in births in summer . Distinct pairing with embrace .

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; oceanodromous ; depth range 0 - 360 m . Subtropical; 45°N - 52°S, 122°W - 180°E central Natal, South Africa (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 20 records indexed .

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