An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon
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Fermon, Yves
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Bailly, Nicolas
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Cardiec, Floriane
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Causse, Romain
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Chartrain, Emmanuel
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Chirio, Laurent
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Bruyne, Godefroy De
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Deynat, Pascal
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Hopkins, Carl D.
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Lamboj, Anton
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Mennesson, Marion I.
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Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve
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Paugy, Didier
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Sidlauskas, Brian
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Sullivan, John P.
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Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De
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Vigliotta, Thomas R.
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Zee, Jouke Van Der
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Cybium
2022
46
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10904647
journal article
10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
2101-0315
Carcharhinus amboinensis
(Müller & Henle, 1839)
Occurrence:
native
Maximum length:
280 cm
TL
Water
type
: marine
Environment: reef associated
Depth range:
0-150 m
Migration: unknown
IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2d / 2021)
Source: observation
Distribution and remarks: sporadically distributed in tropical and subtropical waters. It also occurs in
Nigeria
(
Compagno, 1984
). This species inhabits coastal waters, usually close to the bottom. It also occasionally enters brackish water. Observed at Mayumba and Pointe Denis (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).