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Also Known As	ground shark • cub shark • Zambezi shark • Carcharhinus leucas

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Close-up of a bull shark swimming in clear blue water with two remora fish attached to its side, Pinnacles, Mozambique.

Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) swimming close to the sandy ocean floor in clear blue water.

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