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    Spinner sharkSpecies of fish
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    Spinner shark - Wikipedia

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    DomainEukaryota
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassChondrichthyes
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    Spinner sharks are a type of requiem shark that live in tropical and warm temperate waters around the world, except for the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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    The spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) is a type of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, named for the spinning leaps it makes as a part of its feeding strategy. This species occurs in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, except for in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

    Spinner shark - Wikipedia

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    The spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) is a type of requiem shark that is well-known for its unique feeding strategy of spinning through a school of fish and leaping out of the water to catch its prey. These sharks are slim and slender, with a streamlined body that allows them to swim quickly and efficiently through the water.

    Spinner Shark: Facts, Habitat…

    americanoceans.org
    The spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) is a type of requiem shark. It is a live-bearing, migratory shark found in warm ocean waters. Spinner sharks get their name from their interesting feeding strategy, which involves spinning through a school of fish, snapping them up, and often leaping into the air.

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    The Spinner Shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) is an active, schooling species that often leaps spinning out of the water. This common coastal-pelagic warm-temperate and tropical shark frequently is captured in recreational and commercial fisheries.

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    The spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna, is a Lessepsian immigrant formerly common in the Gulf of Gabès (southeastern Tunisia, central Mediterranean). It migrated northward into the Gulf of Tunis as a consequence of competition pressure from its sympatric species, the sandbar shark, C. plumbeus.

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    What are some common names for Carcharhinus brevipinna?
    English language common names for Carcharhinus brevipinna include spinner shark, blacktipped shark, great blacktip shark, large blacktip shark, long-nose grey shark, and shark. Spinner sharks are taken primarily on longlines in the directed commercial shark fishery and as bycatch in the pelagic longline fishery.

    Carcharhinus brevipinna – Discover Fishes - Florida Museum

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    What is the difference between Carcharhinus and brevipinna?
    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); brevipinna: brevis (L.), short; pinna (L.) fin, referring to small pectoral and first dorsal fins. ( See ETYFish).

    Carcharhinus brevipinna, Spinner shark : fisheries, gamefish - FishBase

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    What is a spinner shark?
    The spinner shark ( Carcharhinus brevipinna) is a type of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, named for the spinning leaps it makes as a part of its feeding strategy. This species occurs in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, except for in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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    What does brevipinna mean?
    ( See ETYFish); brevipinna: brevis (L.), short; pinna (L.) fin, referring to small pectoral and first dorsal fins. ( See ETYFish). Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243 ); depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 27000 ), usually 0 - ? m (Ref. 55179 ).

    Carcharhinus brevipinna, Spinner shark : fisheries, gamefish - FishBase

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  5. Florida Museum
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    Carcharhinus brevipinna – Discover Fishes - Florida …

    WEBOct 18, 2018 · Learn about the spinner shark, a slender, gray-bronze shark that spins at the surface when feeding. Find out its common …

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      WEBA long and slender shark with a very pointed snout. The pectoral, anal and lower caudal fins usually have black tips. Similar in appearance to a Blacktip shark - Carcharhinus limbatus which has a somewhat larger …

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    • Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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      WEBLearn about the spinner shark, a tropical and warm temperate species with a long snout and black-tipped fins. Find out its distribution, habitat, biology, fisheries and similar species.