Carcharhinus
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| Carcharhinus Temporal range: 45–0 Ma[1] Middle Miocene to Present |
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| Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 |
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Carcharhinus is the type genus of the requiem shark family, Carcharhinidae.
[edit] Species
- Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) (Blacknose shark)
- Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) (Silvertip shark)
- Carcharhinus altimus (S. Springer, 1950) (Bignose shark)
- Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) (Graceful shark)
- Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (Grey reef shark)
- Carcharhinus amboinensis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Pigeye shark)
- Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) (Borneo shark)
- Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) (Copper shark)
- Carcharhinus brevipinna (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Spinner shark)
- Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, 1898 (Pacific smalltail shark)
- Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) (Nervous shark)
- Carcharhinus dussumieri (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Whitecheek shark)
- Carcharhinus falciformis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Silky shark)
- Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943) (Creek whaler)
- Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) (Galapagos shark)
- Carcharhinus hemiodon (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Pondicherry shark)
- Carcharhinus isodon (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Finetooth shark)
- Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985 (Smooth tooth blacktip shark )
- Carcharhinus leucas (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Bull shark)
- Carcharhinus limbatus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Blacktip shark)
- Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) (Oceanic whitetip shark)
- Carcharhinus macloti (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Hardnose shark)
- Carcharhinus macrops J. X. Liu, 1983
- Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Blacktip reef shark)
- Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) (Dusky shark)
- Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876) (Caribbean reef shark)
- Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) (Sandbar shark)
- Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839) (Smalltail shark)
- Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913) (Blackspot shark)
- Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868) (Night shark)
- Carcharhinus sorrah (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Spot-tail shark)
- Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950) (Australian blacktip shark)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Carcharhinus in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- ^ Carrier, J.C., J.A. Musick and M.R. Heithaus (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. p. 52. ISBN 084931514X.
