Common names:
Karcharynos skotinochromos, Καρχαρίνος σκοτεινόχρωμος
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Record based on the identification of sharks in a documentary film footage (after blast fishing) and published travelogue of an underwater expedition in the Aegean Sea in the summer and early autumn of 1942 by the Austrian biologist and filmmaker Hans Hass and his team (Ref. 108722). Also Ref. 108722.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
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Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Papaconstantinou, C., 2014
National Database:
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Carcharhinus:karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish); obscurus:Latin for dark, probably referring to its darkish blue-gray body color. (See ETYFish). More on author: Lesueur.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 400 m (Ref. 244), usually 200 - 400 m. Subtropical; 45°N - 46°S, 120°W - 156°E (Ref. 55186)
Distribution
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