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genus

Whaler Sharks
Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes »  order Carcharhiniformes - ground sharks »  family Carcharhinidae - requiem sharks

Other names

= Bronze Whalers
= Dusky Sharks

Included taxa

Number of records: 37

species Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) - Blacknose Shark

Carcharhinus acronotus

species Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) - Silvertip Shark

Carcharhinus albimarginatus

species Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) - Bignose Shark
species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) - Graceful Shark
species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) - Black-vee Whaler

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

species Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Ambon Sharpnose Puffer
species Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) - Borneo Shark
species Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) - Copper Shark

Carcharhinus brachyurus

species Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Spinner Shark

Carcharhinus brevipinna

species Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) - Nervous Shark
species Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, 1898
species Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939)
species Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Whitecheek Shark
species Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

species Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943) - Creek Whaler
species Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) - Galapagos Shark

Carcharhinus galapagensis

species Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle ex Valenciennes, 1839) - Long Nosed Shark
species Carcharhinus humani White & Weigmann, 2014 - Human’s Whaler Shark

Carcharhinus humani

species Carcharhinus isodon (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Eventooth Shark
species Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985
species Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

species Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Black Fin Shark

Carcharhinus limbatus

species Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) - Brown Milbert's Sand Bar Shark

Carcharhinus longimanus

species Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Hardnose Shark
species Carcharhinus macrops Liu, 1983
species Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - Black Fin Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

species Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) - Dusky Shark

Carcharhinus obscurus

species Carcharhinus obsoletus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019
species Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876) - Caribbean Reef Shark

Carcharhinus perezii

species Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) - Brown Shark

Carcharhinus plumbeus

species Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1840)
species Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913) - Black-spot Shark
species Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868) - Night Shark
species Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Black-tip Shark

Carcharhinus sorrah

species Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950) - Australian Blacktip Shark
species Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852) - Indonesian Whaler Shark

Carcharhinus tjutjot


Fossil taxa

species Carcharhinus underwoodi Samonds, Andrianavalona, Wallett, Zalmout & Ward, 2019

Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [genus/786]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Carcharhinus Blainvile, 1816]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN Australian Faunal Directory [f8363497-74a7-4c38-801b-c342a151f3a6]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816]
Data retrieved on: 20 January 2015
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1010465]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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