Carcharhinus
genus of fishes
Carcharhinus is one of the 12 genera of the requiem shark family, Carcharhinidae.
| Carcharhinus Temporal range: Eocene-recent
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| C. amblyrhynchos | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Carcharhinus Blainville 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Carcharias melanopterus | |
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Like all members of the family, they have round eyes, and the pectoral fins are completely behind the five gill slits. Most species are viviparous: the young are born fully developed.
Species
changeThere are currently 34 known species of the Carcharhinus genus: [3]
- Blacknose shark, Carcharhinus acronotus
- Silvertip shark, Carcharhinus albimarginatus
- Bignose shark, Carcharhinus altimus
- Graceful shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
- Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
- Pigeye shark, Carcharhinus amboinensis
- Borneo shark, Carcharhinus borneensis
- Copper shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus
- Spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna
- Pacific smalltail shark, Carcharhinus cerdale
- Nervous shark, Carcharhinus cautus
- Coates' shark, Carcharhinus coatesi
- Whitecheek shark, Carcharhinus dussumieri
- Silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis
- Creek whaler, Carcharhinus fitzroyensis
- Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis
- Pondicherry shark, Carcharhinus hemiodon
- Finetooth shark, Carcharhinus isodon
- Smooth tooth blacktip shark, Carcharhinus leiodon
- Bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas
- Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus
- Oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus
- Hardnose shark, Carcharhinus macloti
- Carcharhinus macrops
- Blacktip reef shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus
- Dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus
- Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii
- Sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus
- Smalltail shark, Carcharhinus porosus
- Blackspot shark, Carcharhinus sealei
- Night shark, Carcharhinus signatus
- Spot-tail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah
- Australian blacktip shark, Carcharhinus tilstoni
- Carcharhinus tjutjot
References
change- ↑ Carrier, Jeffrey C.; Musick, John A.; Heithaus, Michael R. (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8493-1514-5.
- ↑ Cicimurri & Knight, 2009
- ↑ "Fish Identification". fishbase.org. Retrieved 24 June 2013.