 Young pigeye sharks are potentially vulnerable to predation by larger sharks.The natural mortality for juveniles in Cleveland Bay has been measured at no more than 5% per year; this rate is comparable to that in juvenile bull sharks, and is much lower than in juvenile blacktip sharks ("C. limbatus") or lemon sharks ("Negaprion brevirostris").Though the pigeye shark will take prey from anywhere in the water column, it tends to hunt close to the sea floor.