Carcharhinus Fossil range: 45–0 Ma[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene to Present Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii 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 Müller and Henle, 1838 Platypodon Gill, 1862 Pterolamiops Springer, 1951 Uranga Whitley, 1943

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Carcharhinus is the type genus of the requiem shark family, Carcharhinidae.

[edit] Species

• Blacknose shark, Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) [1]
• Silvertip shark, Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) [2]
• Bignose shark, Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) [3]
• Graceful shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) [4]
• Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) [5]
• Pigeye shark, Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) [6]
• Borneo shark, Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1859) [7]
• Copper shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) [8]
• Spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) [9]
• Nervous shark, Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) [10]
• Whitecheek shark, Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839) [11]
• Silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) [12]
• Creek whaler, Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943) [13]
• Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagenisis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) [14]
• Pondicherry shark, Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839) [15]
• Finetooth shark, Carcharhinus isodon (Müller & Henle, 1839) [16]
• Smooth tooth blacktip shark, Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985
• Bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) [17]
• Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839) [18]
• Oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) [19]
• Hardnose shark, Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839) [20]
• Blacktip reef shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [21]
• Dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) [22]
• Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876) [23]
• Sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) [24]
• Smalltail shark, Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1840) [25]
• Blackspot shark, Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913) [26]
• Night shark, Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868) [27]
• Spottail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller and Henle, 1839) [28]
• Australian blacktip shark, Carcharhinus tilstoni, (Whitley, 1950) [29]

[edit] See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

[edit] References