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Bull or Zambezi shark - Carcharhinus leucas

Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks

Resouces from government sites on Carcharhinus leucas :

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
...was first described by Valenciennes in Muller & Henle (1839) as Carcharias (Prionodon)
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/sharkkey/bullshark.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas). Biological Profile Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/carcharhinus/c._leucas$narrative.html

ADW: Carcharhinus leucas: Information
...leucas. Carcharhinus leucas (bull shark). ... Family: Carcharhinidae. Genus: Carcharhinus.
http://www.miami.edu/sharklab/aboutbimini_sharks.html

Bimini Biological Field Station - shark research & marine biology ...
During June, it is common to see Nurse Sharks mating in the shallow waters between
http://www.tmm.utexas.edu/tnhc/databases/Fish/na_searches/naresults.asp?Genus=Carcharhinus&Species=leucas

TNHC Search Results
Search: TNHC Fish Database Your search is: Carcharhinus leucas Number of records:
http://www.nekton.uno.edu/boatlog.htm

The University of New Orleans Vertebrate Museum
The picture of the large bullshark, Carcharhinus leucas, that Jeff is holding, was
http://www.nekton.uno.edu/oldlog.html

The University of New Orleans Vertebrate Museum
14 July 2003: The month of June was quite similar to May. We were very successful
http://www.vims.edu/fastnews/sharknews.html

Sharks in the News
Depth range: coastal zone to 200 m; Diet: bony fishes, stingrays, small sharks.
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/enps.htm

PSRC - Eastern North Pacific Sharks
...in Muller & Henle, 1839) — Silky shark Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller,
http://id-www.ucsb.edu/lovelab/l_long.html

The Fish List
2-180+m (7- 594 ft). (Compagno 1984). Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes 1841).
http://www.uga.edu/cuda/PNGsharks.html

Em nau!
This one really is quite a big bruiser for a gray reef shark, with a very heavy
http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLFieldGuide/Sharks_rays.htm

Introduction
Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus). Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo). Bull Shark
http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/cspecies1.htm

C Species
Caranx latus. Bar Jack. Caranx ruber. Bull Shark. Carcharhinus leucas. Blacktip
http://biology.unm.edu/biology/fishes/people/lectures/lecture10.htm

Lecture 8
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) occasionally found in fw; Sphyrnidae -- hammerhead
http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/images/shark_fossil_lab.htm

Shark Fossil Lab
Shark Species. Common Food Items. Bull, Carcharhinus leucas, Bony fish, small sharks.
http://oceanica.cofc.edu/SharkTagging/Home.htm

Shark Tagging Home
...paucus sixgill shark - Hexanchus griseus sand tiger - Odontaspis) taurus white shark -
https://hdclel.cfr.msstate.edu/msafs/program2001.html

Mississippi Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Program2001
Other species collected were Carcharhinus leucas, Sphyrna tiburo, Carcharhinus
http://www.uwsp.edu/museum/auditori.htm



Academic web resources on Carcharhinus leucas :

ITIS Standard Report Page: Carcharhinus leucas
Carcharhinus leucas (Müller and Henle, 1839) Taxonomic Serial No.: 160275. ... Species,
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=publication&search_id=pub_id&search_id_value=713

ITIS 'Publication' Search results for Compagno, Leonard JV
Carcharhinus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850) -- invalid. Carcharhinus leucas
http://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/syscollect/by_type/fish.php

Data and Collections: Ichthyology (Fish) Collections, Recommended ...
Ichthyology -- Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839): Resource
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14692487&dopt=Abstract

Ampullary organs and electroreception in freshwater Carcharhinus ...
J Physiol Paris. 2002 Sep-Dec;96(5-6):391-5. Ampullary organs and
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=13754400&dopt=Abstract

Provisional audiogram for the shark, Carcharhinus leucas.
Science. 1961 May 12;133:1480-2. Provisional audiogram for the shark, Carcharhinus
http://www.nps.gov/npsa/NPSAfish/family/carchar.htm

NPSpecies Report
...data, No data, Native. Carcharhinus leucas, bull shark, 160275, Probably Present,
http://www.nps.gov/bisc/pphtml/subanimals4.html

Biscayne National Park - Nature & Science
...atlanticus Brown Chromis, Chromis multilineata Bulleye/Glasseye Snapper, Priacanthus
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/recreational/survey/species_group_list.html

MRFSS - Survey Species Groups
...requiem shark genus. Carcharhinus obscurus, dusky shark. Carcharhinus leucas, bull
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r4/pinefish.htm

Checklists of the United States
National Wildlife Refuges: Fish ___ Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus ___ Nurse
http://spo.nos.noaa.gov/projects/cads/data_references/elmr/elmr_eda_h_dict.html

ELMR by EDA - Data Dictionary (Horizontal)
...aztecus), N. CARC_LEUC, Carcharhinus leucas Abundance, Char 15, N, Relative
http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag36.htm

NOAA Magazine Online (Story 36)
The most dangerous shark in surf areas along the southeastern coast is the bull
http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/about/elasmo.html

Flower Garden Banks NMS - Elasmobranchs, Birds and Mammals
...silky shark. Carcharhinus falciformis. bull shark*. Carcharhinus leucas. blacktip
http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/Central/Curriculum/ELEMENTARY/SCIENCE/sharks/Bull/bull_shark.htm

bull shark
The bull sharks are on the loose, at depths of less than 100 feet. The bull
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/wls99/awls9948.html

LC Subject Headings Weekly List 48 (December 1, 1999)
...languages CANCEL * 550 BT Western Mande languages (A) 150 Bull shark [May Subd Geog]
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sharks/FS_bullshark.htm



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