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Carcharhinus

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Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Species

Aprionodon marcaisi
Carcharhinus ackermani
Carcharhinus acronotus (Blacknose shark) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus albimarginatus (White fin) (Vulnerable)
Carcharhinus altimus (Knopp's shark)
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Queensland shark) (Vulnerable)
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Blacktail reef shark) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus amboinensis (Pigeye Shark) (Vulnerable)
Carcharhinus balochenisis
Carcharhinus borneensis (Borneo shark) (Critically Endangered)
Carcharhinus brachyurus (Shark) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus brevipinna (Spinner shark) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus caquetius
Carcharhinus carcharias
Carcharhinus cautus (Sharks Bay whaler shark) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus cepedianus
Carcharhinus cerdale (Carcharhinus cerdale) (Critically Endangered)
Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitecreek shark)
Carcharhinus commersoni <Unverified Name>
Carcharhinus dussumieri (Widemouth blackspot shark) (Endangered)
Carcharhinus egertoni
Carcharhinus falciformis (Silky shark) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Creek whaler shark)
Carcharhinus galapagensis (Mackerel shark) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus gilmorei
Carcharhinus hemiodon (Pondicherry shark) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus humani
Carcharhinus isodon (Smoothtooth shark) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus kasserinensis
Carcharhinus leiodon (Smooth tooth blacktip shark) (Endangered)
Carcharhinus leucas (Zambezi shark) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus limbatus (Spot-fin ground shark) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus longimanus (Whitetip whaler) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus macloti (Maclot's shark)
Carcharhinus macrops
Carcharhinus magdalenae
Carcharhinus mancinae
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Shark) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus nigeriensis
Carcharhinus obscurus (Whaler shark) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus obsoletus (False Smalltail Shark) (Critically Endangered)
Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark) (Endangered)
Carcharhinus perseus
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Thickskin shark) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus porosus (Small-tailed shark) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus priscus
Carcharhinus sealei (Shark) (Vulnerable)
Carcharhinus signatus (Shark) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus sorrah (West Australian whaler shark) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus spec
Carcharhinus tilstoni (Australian blacktip shark) (Attributes)
Carcharhinus tjutjot (Indonesian Whaler Shark) (Vulnerable)
Carcharhinus underwoodi
Carcharias frequens
Carcharias gibbesi
Sphyrna elongata

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0