Carcharhinus
| Carcharhinus | |
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| C. amblyrhynchos | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Carcharias melanopterus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carcharhinus is the type genus of the family Carcharhinidae, the requiem sharks. One of 12 genera in its family, it contains over half of the species therein. It contains 35 extant species to date, with likely more species yet to be described.[2]
Extant species
| Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 - 35 species | |||||
| Common name | Scientific name | Geographic range | Conservation status IUCN Red List |
Size | Image |
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| Blacknose shark | Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) |
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Near Threatened | 1.3m |  |
| Silvertip shark | Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) |
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Vulnerable | 2-2.5m, max. 3m |  |
| Bignose shark | Carcharhinus altimus (S. Springer, 1950) |
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Data Deficient | 2.7-2.8m, possibly 3m |  |
| Graceful shark | Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) |
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Near Threatened | 1.7m |  |
| Grey reef shark | Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) |
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Near Threatened | mostly less than 1.9m, max. 2.6m | |
| Pigeye shark | Carcharhinus amboinensis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Data Deficient | 1.9-2.5m, max. 2.8m |  |
| Borneo shark | Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) |
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Endangered | 0.7m | |
| Copper shark | Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) |
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Near Threatened | 3.3m |  |
| Spinner shark | Carcharhinus brevipinna (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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NearThreatened | 2m, max. 3m |  |
| Nervous shark | Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) |
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Data Deficient | 1.0-1.3m, possibly 1.5m |  |
| Pacific smalltail shark | Carcharhinus cerdale (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) |
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Not Evaluated | 1.4m |  |
| Coates' shark | Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939) |
Not Evaluated | 0.8m | ||
| Whitecheek shark | Carcharhinus dussumieri (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Near Threatened | 1m |  |
| Silky shark | Carcharhinus falciformis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Near Threatened | 2.5m, max. 3.5m |  |
| Creek whaler | Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943) |
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Least Concern | 1.0-1.3m, possibly 1.5m |  |
| Galapagos shark | Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) |
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Near Threatened | 3m, max. 3.3m |  |
| Pondicherry shark | Carcharhinus hemiodon (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Critically Endangered | 1m |  |
| Human's whaler shark | Carcharhinus humani (W. T. White & Weigmann, 2014) |
Not Evaluated | 0.8m | ||
| Finetooth shark | Carcharhinus isodon (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Least Concern | 1.6-1.7m, max. 1.9m |  |
| Smoothtooth blacktip shark | Carcharhinus leiodon (Garrick, 1985) |
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Vulnerable | 1.2m |  |
| Bull shark | Carcharhinus leucas (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Near Threatened | 2.3-2.4m, max. 3.5m |  |
| Blacktip shark | Carcharhinus limbatus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Near Threatened | 1.5m, max. 2.8m | .jpg) |
| Oceanic whitetip shark | Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) |
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Vulnerable | 3m |  |
| Hardnose shark | Carcharhinus macloti (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Near Threatened | 1.1m |  |
| Blacktip reef shark | TCarcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |
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Near Threatened | 1.6m, max. 1.8m |  |
| Dusky shark | Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) |
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Vulnerable | 3.2m, max. 4.2m |  |
| Caribbean reef shark | Carcharhinus perezi (Poey, 1876) |
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Near Threatened | 2-2.5m, max. 3m |  |
| Sandbar shark | Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) |
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Vulnerable | 2-2.5m |  |
| Smalltail shark | Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839) |
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Data Deficient | 0.9-1.1m, max. 1.5m |  |
| Blackspot shark | Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913) |
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Near Threatened | 1m |  |
| Night shark | Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868) |
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Vulnerable | 2m, max. 2.8m |  |
| Spot-tail shark | Carcharhinus sorrah (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Near Threatened | 1.6m |  |
| Australian blacktip shark | Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950) |
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Least Concern | 1.5-1.8m, max. 2m |  |
| Indonesian whaler shark | Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852) |
Not Evaluated | 0.9m | ||
| False smalltail shark | Carcharhinus sp. A (not yet described) |
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T Type species.
See also
References
- ↑ Carrier, J.C.; J.A. Musick & M.R. Heithaus (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. p. 52. ISBN 0-8493-1514-X.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Carcharhinus in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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