Carcharhinus
| Carcharhinus Temporal range: 45–0Ma[1] Middle Miocene to Present | |
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| Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus) | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| 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 family, Carcharhinidae, the requiem sharks.
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 cautus Whitley, 1945 (Nervous shark)
- Carcharhinus cerdale C. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Pacific smalltail shark)
- Carcharhinus coatesi Whitley, 1939 (Coates's 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 humani W. T. White & Weigmann, 2014 (Human's whaler shark) [2]
- Carcharhinus isodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (Finetooth shark)
- Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985 (Smoothtooth 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 melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Blacktip reef shark)
- Carcharhinus obscurus Lesueur, 1818 (Dusky shark)
- Carcharhinus perezi 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)
- Carcharhinus tjutjot Bleeker, 1852 (Indonesian whaler shark)
- Carcharhinus sp. A Not yet described (False smalltail shark)
See also
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 0-8493-1514-X.
- ↑ White, W.T. & Weigmann, S. (2014). "Carcharhinus humani sp. nov., a new whaler shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa 3821 (1): 71–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.5.