Carcharhinus

Carcharhinus Temporal range: 45–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene to Present
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Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus)
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
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
Synonyms
Aprionodon Gill, 1861 Eulamia Gill, 1862 Galeolamna Owen, 1853 Gillisqualus Whitley, 1934 Hypoprion J. P. Müller and Henle, 1838 Platypodon Gill, 1862 Pterolamiops S. Springer, 1951 Uranga Whitley, 1943

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 species to date, with likely more species yet to be described.

Species

• Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
  • 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' 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)
  • 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

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Carcharhinus in FishBase. February 2011 version.