Dusky Shark (<I>Carcharhinus obscurus</I>) (IMAGE)

The Institute for Ocean Conservation Science

Dusky Shark (<I>Carcharhinus obscurus</I>)

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The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) is classified as "Endangered" in the Western Atlantic by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as its population is below 20 percent of what it was two decades ago.

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