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Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943)

Creek whaler
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Common names: Creek whaler, Creek whaler shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs off northern Australia, from Cape Cuvier in Western Australia to Gladstone in Queensland (Ref. 6871). Small numbers are taken by inshore component of the northern Australian gillnet fishery (Ref. 6871). Museum: Fitzroy River Estuary, Connor's Creek, Queensland, AMS IB.1229 (holotype). Also Ref. 244, 7300, 9997.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
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Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Carcharhinus: karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish);  fitzroyensis: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Fitzroy River, Queensland, type locality. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Whitley.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 40 m (Ref. 6871).   Subtropical; 10°S - 26°S

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