59 Species in Family Carcharhinidae
Nominal species list for Carcharhinidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) Blacknose shark
Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) Silvertip shark
Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) Bignose shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) Graceful shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) Blacktail reef shark
Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) Pigeye shark
Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) Borneo shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) Copper shark
Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) Spinner shark
Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) Nervous shark
Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, 1898 Pacific smalltail shark
Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939)
Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839) Whitecheek shark
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) Silky shark
Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943) Creek whaler
Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) Galapagos shark
Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839) Pondicherry shark
Carcharhinus humani White & Weigmann, 2014 Human’s whaler shark
Carcharhinus isodon (Müller & Henle, 1839) Finetooth shark
Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985 Smooth tooth blacktip shark
Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) Bull shark
Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839) Blacktip shark
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) Oceanic whitetip shark
Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839) Hardnose shark
Carcharhinus macrops Liu, 1983
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) Dusky shark
Carcharhinus perezii (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 (Müller & Henle, 1839) Spot-tail shark
Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950) Australian blacktip shark
Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852)
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) Tiger shark
Glyphis fowlerae Compagno, White & Cavanagh, 2010 Borneo river shark
Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839) Ganges shark
Glyphis garricki Compagno, White & Last, 2008 Northern river shark
Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839) Speartooth shark
Glyphis siamensis (Steindachner, 1896) Irrawaddy river shark
Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Müller & Henle, 1839) Daggernose shark
Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839) Broadfin shark
Lamiopsis tephrodes (Fowler, 1905)
Loxodon macrorhinus Müller & Henle, 1839 Sliteye shark
Nasolamia velox (Gilbert, 1898) Whitenose shark
Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) Sicklefin lemon shark
Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868) Lemon shark
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) Blue shark
Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) Milk shark
Rhizoprionodon lalandii (Müller & Henle, 1839) Brazilian sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon longurio (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Pacific sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon oligolinx Springer, 1964 Grey sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) Caribbean sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915) Australian sharpnose shark
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (Richardson, 1836) Atlantic sharpnose shark
Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838 Spadenose shark
Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852)
Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) Whitetip reef shark
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