Copper sharks, Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870), aka bronze whaler sharks, cocktail, narrowtooth shark, shark, bronze, copper shark and bronzies, reach a maximum of 3.25 m in length and weigh a maximum of 305 kg. They are large sharks with blunt, broad snouts, narrow bent cusps on the upper teeth, and no interdorsal ridges. They are gray to bronze in color on the dorsal side, white on the ventral side. The fins have similar coloring with the exception of the pelvic fins, which have du...
