The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·96753SpeciesAnimalia21 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Chordates
  3. ›Vertebrates
  4. ›Cartilaginous Fishes
  5. ›Sharks and Rays
  6. ›Sharks
  7. ›Galean Sharks
  8. ›Ground Sharks
  9. ›Requiem Sharks
  10. ›Carcharhinus
Whitecheek Shark
Plate 1 of 1. (c) Randall, J.E., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · via iNaturalist
IUCN EN · Endangered

Whitecheek Shark

Carcharhinus dussumieri

The whitecheek shark or widemouth blackspot shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri), is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean between latitudes 34°N and 25°S. It can reach a length of 1 m. It feeds mainly on fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans. It is a viviparous species, with the female giving birth to up to four live young.

Continue reading on Wikipedia
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Carcharhinus dussumieri in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 96753.