dusky shark


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Noun1.dusky shark - relatively slender blue-grey sharkdusky shark - relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
Carcharhinus obscurus
requiem shark - any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
Carcharhinus, genus Carcharhinus - type genus of the Carcharhinidae
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Steve is hoping to see a host of wildlife in the Bahamas, such as a dusky shark
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The eight species include the dusky shark, common guitarfish, smooth hammerhead, oceanic whitetip, bottlenose wedgefish and two look-alike species, smoothnose and white-spotted Wedgefish, also known as the giant guitarfish, and the angel shark
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AT THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE & POLICY: INTERNATIONAL SHARK CONSERVATION & MANAGEMENT
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First report of an embryonic dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) with cyclopia and other abnormalities.
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It nearly took my leg off.. but kids were in water nearby; hero grandad, 62, wrestles shark
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Many coastal sharks (e.g., dusky shark [Carcharhinus obscures] and great hammerhead shark [Sphyrna mokarran]) also undertake periodic localized migrations, but tagging studies illustrate that pelagic sharks often traverse greater distances on a regular basis (5).
Commercial fishery catch characteristics and population assessment of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the western north atlantic ocean
Age and growth estimates for the dusky shark, Carcharhinusobscurus, in the western North Atlantic Ocean.
Age and growth of the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith, 1834), from the southern Brazilian coast

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