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title: "Żarłacz ciemnoskóry"
description: "Carcharhinus obscurus — Ryby. The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, occurring in tropical and warm-temperate continental seas worldwide."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/dusky-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Żarłacz ciemnoskóry

> Carcharhinus obscurus — Ryby. The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, occurring in tropical and warm-temperate continental seas worldwide.

- Scientific name: *Carcharhinus obscurus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 364
- Wikidata: [Q833586](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833586)
- iNaturalist taxon: [96762](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96762)

## Names

- en: Dusky Shark
- de: Schwarzhai
- es: Tiburón gambuso
- fr: Requin de sable
- nl: Schemerhaai
- pt: Tubarão-negro
- pl: Żarłacz ciemnoskóry

## Countries with the most observations

AU (244), IL (17), ZA (14)

## Summary

The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, occurring in tropical and warm-temperate continental seas worldwide. A generalist apex predator, the dusky shark can be found from the coast to the outer continental shelf and adjacent pelagic waters, and has been recorded from a depth of 400 m (1,300 ft). Populations migrate seasonally towards the poles in the summer and towards the equator in the winter, traveling hundreds to thousands of kilometers. One of the largest members of its genus, the dusky shark reaches more than 4 m (13 ft) in length and 350 kg (770 lb…

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

## Photo

![Żarłacz ciemnoskóry](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: unknown · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caobs_u0.png

## Machine access

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