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title: "Nachthaai"
description: "Carcharhinus signatus — Vissen. The night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, found in the temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/night-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Nachthaai

> Carcharhinus signatus — Vissen. The night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, found in the temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Carcharhinus signatus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 5
- Wikidata: [Q525968](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525968)
- iNaturalist taxon: [96766](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96766)

## Names

- en: Night Shark
- de: Atlantischer Nachthai
- es: Tiburón nocturno
- fr: Requin de nuit
- nl: Nachthaai

## Summary

The night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, found in the temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. An inhabitant of the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope, this shark most commonly occurs at depths of 50–600 m (160–1,970 ft) and conducts a diel vertical migration, spending the day in deeper water and moving into shallower waters at night. Off northeastern Brazil, large numbers congregate around seamounts of varying depths. A slender, streamlined species, the night shark typically reaches a length of 2 m (6.6 ft). It can be identified…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_shark

## Photo

![Nachthaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/night-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC. · Public domain · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96766

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/night-shark?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).