''Carcharhinus humani'', also known as the Human's whaler shark, is a species of
requiem shark
Requiem sharks are sharks of the family Carcharhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes. They are migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas (sometimes of brackish or fresh water) and include such species as the tiger shark, bull shark, le ...
, in the family Carcharhinidae. It inhabits the western
Indian Ocean near the
Socotra Islands, off
Kuwait,
Mozambique, and
South Africa.
[White, W. T. & Weigmann, S. (2014): ''Carcharhinus humani'' sp. nov., a new whaler shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean. ''Zootaxa, 3821 (1): 071-087''.]
References
External links
*http://shark-references.com/species/view/Carcharhinus-humani
*https://www.fishbase.se/summary/67430
humani
Marine fauna of Western Asia
Marine fauna of East Africa
Fish described in 2014
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