Carcharhinidae

Requiem sharks

59 species

1. 1Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) · Blacknose sharkocean · subtropical · reef
2. 2Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) · Silvertip sharkocean · tropical · reef
3. 3Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) · Bignose sharkocean · subtropical · reef
4. 4Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) · Graceful sharkocean · tropical
5. 5Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) · Blacktail reef sharkocean · tropical · reef
6. 6Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) · Pigeye sharkbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
7. 7Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) · Borneo sharkocean · tropical
8. 8Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) · Copper sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
9. 9Carcharhinus brevipinna (Valenciennes, 1839) · Spinner sharkocean · subtropical · reef
10. 10Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) · Nervous sharkocean · tropical · reef
11. 11Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, 1898 · Pacific smalltail sharkocean · tropical
12. 12Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939)ocean · tropical · reef
13. 13Carcharhinus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1839) · Whitecheek sharkocean · tropical · reef
14. 14Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron, 1839) · Silky sharkocean · subtropical · reef
15. 15Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943) · Creek whalerbrackish · ocean · subtropical
16. 16Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) · Galapagos sharkocean · tropical · reef
17. 17Carcharhinus hemiodon (Valenciennes, 1839) · Pondicherry sharkbrackish · ocean · deep-water
18. 18Carcharhinus humani White & Weigmann, 2014 · Human's whaler sharkocean · tropical
19. 19Carcharhinus isodon (Valenciennes, 1839) · Finetooth sharkocean · subtropical
20. 20Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985 · Smooth tooth blacktip sharkocean · tropical
21. 21Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) · Bull sharkfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
22. 22Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) · Blacktip sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
23. 23Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) · Oceanic whitetip sharkocean · subtropical
24. 24Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839) · Hardnose sharkocean · subtropical
25. 25Carcharhinus macrops Liu, 1983ocean · tropical
26. 26Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · Blacktip reef sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
27. 27Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) · Dusky sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
28. 28Carcharhinus obsoletus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019 · Lost sharkocean · tropical
29. 29Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876) · Caribbean reef sharkocean · subtropical · reef
30. 30Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) · Sandbar sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical
31. 31Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839) · Smalltail sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical
32. 32Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913) · Blackspot sharkocean · tropical · reef
33. 33Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868) · Night sharkocean · subtropical
34. 34Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839) · Spot-tail sharkbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
35. 35Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950) · Australian blacktip sharkbrackish · ocean · tropical
36. 36Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852)ocean · tropical · reef
37. 37Glyphis fowlerae Compagno, White & Cavanagh, 2010 · Borneo river sharkfresh · tropical
38. 38Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839) · Ganges sharkfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
39. 39Glyphis garricki Compagno, White & Last, 2008 · Northern river sharkbrackish · ocean · tropical
40. 40Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839) · Speartooth sharkfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
41. 41Glyphis siamensis (Steindachner, 1896) · Irrawaddy river sharkbrackish · ocean · tropical
42. 42Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Valenciennes, 1839) · Daggernose sharkbrackish · ocean · tropical
43. 43Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839) · Broadfin sharkbrackish · ocean · tropical
44. 44Lamiopsis tephrodes (Fowler, 1905)ocean · tropical
45. 45Loxodon macrorhinus Müller & Henle, 1839 · Sliteye sharkocean · tropical
46. 46Nasolamia velox (Gilbert, 1898) · Whitenose sharkocean · tropical
47. 47Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) · Sicklefin lemon sharkbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
48. 48Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868) · Lemon sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
49. 49Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) · Blue sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical · full sheet
50. 50Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) · Milk sharkfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
51. 51Rhizoprionodon lalandii (Valenciennes, 1839) · Brazilian sharpnose sharkocean · tropical
52. 52Rhizoprionodon longurio (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) · Pacific sharpnose sharkocean · subtropical
53. 53Rhizoprionodon oligolinx Springer, 1964 · Grey sharpnose sharkocean · tropical · reef
54. 54Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) · Caribbean sharpnose sharkfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical · reef
55. 55Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915) · Australian sharpnose sharkocean · tropical
56. 56Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (Richardson, 1836) · Atlantic sharpnose sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical
57. 57Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838 · Spadenose sharkbrackish · ocean · tropical
58. 58Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) · Pacific spadenose sharkocean · tropical
59. 59Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) · Whitetip reef sharkocean · tropical · reef

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.