Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Facts
| Also known as: | whitetip oceanic shark, whitetip shark, white-tipped shark |
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| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Chondrichthyes |
| Order | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus | Carcharhinus (1) |
| Size | Length: up to 396 cm (2) |
| Weight | up to 167.4 kg (2) |
Status
Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1).
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