Carcharhinus
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 Gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
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31 species; see text. |
Carcharhinus is a genus of requiem sharks, the type genus of the family Carcharhinidae.
[edit] Species
- Blacknose shark, Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) [1]
- Silvertip shark, Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) [2]
- Bignose shark, Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) [3]
- Graceful shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) [4]
- Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) [5]
- Pigeye shark or Java shark, Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) [6]
- Borneo shark, Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1859) [7]
- Copper shark, or Bronze whaler Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) [8]
- Spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) [9]
- Nervous shark, Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) [10]
- Whitecheek shark, Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839) [11]
- Silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) [12]
- Creek whaler, Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943) [13]
- Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagenisis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) [14]
- Pondicherry shark, Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839) [15]
- Finetooth shark, Carcharhinus isodon (Müller & Henle, 1839) [16]
- Smooth tooth blacktip shark, Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985
- Bull shark or Zambezi shark, Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) [17]
- Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839) [18]
- Oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) [19]
- Hardnose shark, Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839) [20]
- Blacktip reef shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [21]
- Dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) [22]
- Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876) [23]
- Sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) [24]
- Smalltail shark, Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1840) [25]
- Blackspot shark, Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913) [26]
- Night shark, Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868) [27]
- Spottail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller and Henle, 1839) [28]
- Australian blacktip shark, Carcharhinus tilstoni, (Whitley, 1950) [29]
[edit] References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.
