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title: "Carcharhinus acarenatus"
description: "Carcharhinus brachyurus — Ryby. The copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), bronze whaler, or narrowtooth shark is a species of requiem shark found mostly in temperate latitudes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/bronze-whaler
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Carcharhinus acarenatus

> Carcharhinus brachyurus — Ryby. The copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), bronze whaler, or narrowtooth shark is a species of requiem shark found mostly in temperate latitudes.

- Scientific name: *Carcharhinus brachyurus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 396
- Wikidata: [Q928469](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928469)
- iNaturalist taxon: [96750](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96750)

## Names

- en: Bronze Whaler
- de: Bronzehai
- es: Tiburón cobrizo
- fr: Requin cuivre
- nl: Koperhaai
- pl: Carcharhinus acarenatus

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (134), ZA (123), AU (64), JP (3)

## Summary

The copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), bronze whaler, or narrowtooth shark is a species of requiem shark found mostly in temperate latitudes. It is distributed in a number of separate populations in the northeastern and southwestern Atlantic, off southern Africa, in the northwestern and eastern Pacific, and around Australia and New Zealand, with scattered reports from equatorial regions. The species can be found from brackish rivers and estuaries to shallow bays and harbors, to offshore waters 100 m (330 ft) deep or more. Females are found apart from males for most of the year, and conduct seasonal migrations…

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

## Photo

![Carcharhinus acarenatus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bronze-whaler/medium.jpg)

Photo: bdhimes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149244235

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bronze-whaler?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).