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Dusky shark - Carcharhinus obscurus

Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks

Resouces from government sites on Carcharhinus obscurus :

Description Dusky Shark - Carcharhinus obscurus
A biological profile on the Dusky Shark, Carcharhinus obscurus. Learn it's worldwide
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/sharkkey/duskyshark.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus). Biological Profile Dusky shark (Carcharhinus
http://core.ecu.edu/biol/nortons/NCFishes/SharksSkatesRays/sand%20tiger/SandTigerRefs.html

ROCK & WRECK FISHES OF NC
Food habits of the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis, dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus,
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/wildlife/duskyshark.htm

Dusky Shark
Dusky Shark. (Carcharhinus obscurus). Photo and narrative description (NOAA). ©
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/enps.htm

PSRC - Eastern North Pacific Sharks
Valenciennes, in Muller & Henle, 1839) — Blacktip shark Carcharhinus longimanus
http://links.baruch.sc.edu/Data/SpeciesLists/Fishes.html

Baruch Institute Data Archives | Sharks, Skates, Rays, & Other ...
Ad. Carcharhinus plumbeus, sandbar shark, U, U, U, J, Ad. Carcharhinus obscurus,
http://collections.ucsd.edu/mv/fish_collection/osteo.html

Class Myxini
Carcharhinus longimanus Poey [s]. Carcharhinus menisorrah (Muller & Henle) [s].
http://id-www.ucsb.edu/lovelab/l_long.html

The Fish List
...(Eschmeyer et al. 1983, Boggs 1992, Herlinger, pers. commun.). Carcharhinus
http://snapper.bio.umass.edu/vmmnh/fishcoll.html

MASTER LIST OF HOLDINGS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FISH ...
Carcharhinus plumbeus, Sandbar shark, 21 - 63 - 3, 0, 14. Carcharhinus obscurus,
http://www.nekton.uno.edu/boatlog.htm

The University of New Orleans Vertebrate Museum
We managed to complete all our samples and even had time to tag and release a dusky
http://www.vims.edu/fastnews/sharknews.html

Sharks in the News
Murdy et al. 1997). Dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus. Maximum size: 3.6
http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/asih/sessions/sess-21.htm

ASIH 1997 Joint Meetings - Scientific Sessions
...methods; 2:15 Simpfendorfer, C. Results of a tagging study on juvenile dusky
http://oceanica.cofc.edu/SharkTagging/Home.htm

Shark Tagging Home
...sandbar shark - Carcharhinus plumbeus blue shark - Prionace glauca silky shark -
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=Shark

ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913
The dusky shark ( Carcharhinus obscurus ), and the smaller blue shark ( C. caudatus ),
http://www.usm.maine.edu/gulfofmaine-census/Docs/About/Organisms/fishes00_14.htm

Census of Marine Life Gulf of Maine Area Program
Image: Courtesy of Bigelow and Schroder, 1953 Class: Elasmobranchii Order:
http://susdl.fcla.edu/lfnh/matrix/T/index_c.htm



Academic web resources on Carcharhinus obscurus :

ITIS Standard Report Page: Carcharhinus obscurus
Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) Taxonomic Serial No.: 160268. ... Species, Carcharhinus
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 obscurella Deng, Xiong and Zhan, 1981 -- invalid. Carcharhinus obscurus
http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/sharks/species/dusky.html

Dusky Shark
Dusky Shark--Carcharhinus obscurus. Recognition: The dusky shark has a snout
http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/sharks/pubs.html

Belcher, C. 1994
Natanson, LJ and NE Kohler. 1996. Age and Growth Estimates of the Dusky Shark,
http://southeast.fws.gov/es/SCarolina.htm

South Carolina County List
Chelonia mydas* Ambystoma cingulatum Acipenser brevirostrum* Lindera melissifolia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14961360&dopt=Abstract

Rapid and simultaneous identification of body parts from the ...
Rapid and simultaneous identification of body parts from the morphologically similar
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8169955&dopt=Abstract

Sperm storage in male elasmobranchs: a description and survey.
These multilayered structures characteristically are found in Carcharhinus falciformis,
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/recreational/survey/species_group_list.html

MRFSS - Survey Species Groups
Carcharhinus spp. requiem shark genus. Carcharhinus obscurus, dusky shark. Carcharhinus
http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/about/elasmo.html

Flower Garden Banks NMS - Elasmobranchs, Birds and Mammals
...was misidentified and is instead a carcharhinid shark, probably a Caribbean reef
http://iep.water.ca.gov/juv_mig/ref.html

(SALMON.REF) *GEAR CODES* * DIR CODES * U Upstream SEIN Beach ...
CALIFORNIA HALIBUT CKF FUNDULUS PARVIPINNIS CALIFORNIA KILLIFISH CLF SYNODUS LUCIOCEPS
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r4/pinefish.htm

Checklists of the United States
Shark Carcharhinus limbatus ___ Spinner Shark Carcharhinus maculipinnis ___ Sandbar
http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/frd/HMS/Large%20Pelagics/Sharks/species/species.htm

sharks/rays species main
...shark, Mustelus henlei and M. californicus Leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata Soupfin
http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/frd/HMS/Large%20Pelagics/Sharks/species/dusky.htm



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