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Requiem Sharks
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Requiem Sharks

Carcharhinidae

Requiem sharks are sharks of the family Carcharhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, containing migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas (sometimes of brackish or fresh water) such as the spinner shark, the blacknose shark, the blacktip shark, the blacktail reef shark, and the blacktip reef shark.

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10 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 57 known species

Typical Requiem Sharks

genusCarcharhinus

Triaenodon

genusTriaenodon

Sharpnose Sharks

genusRhizoprionodon

Lemon Sharks

genusNegaprion

Prionace

genusPrionace

Spadenose Sharks

genusScoliodon

Loxodon

genusLoxodon

River Sharks

genusGlyphis

Broadfin Sharks

genusLamiopsis

Nasolamia

genusNasolamia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52301.