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Carcharhinus
Carcharhinus is the type genus of the family Carcharhinidae. One of 10 genera in its family, it contains over half of the species therein. It contains 36-38 extant and eight extinct species to date, with likely more species yet to be described.
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 36 known species
Blacktip Reef Shark
speciesCarcharhinus melanopterus
Common Blacktip Shark
speciesCarcharhinus limbatus
Bull Shark
speciesCarcharhinus leucas
Grey Reef Shark
speciesCarcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Sandbar Shark
speciesCarcharhinus plumbeus
Caribbean Reef Shark
speciesCarcharhinus perezii
Galápagos Shark
speciesCarcharhinus galapagensis
Silky Shark
speciesCarcharhinus falciformis
Bronze Whaler
speciesCarcharhinus brachyurus
Dusky Shark
speciesCarcharhinus obscurus
Spinner Shark
speciesCarcharhinus brevipinna
Silvertip Shark
speciesCarcharhinus albimarginatus
Blacknose Shark
speciesCarcharhinus acronotus
Spot-tail Shark
speciesCarcharhinus sorrah
Finetooth Shark
speciesCarcharhinus isodon
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
speciesCarcharhinus longimanus
Pigeye Shark
speciesCarcharhinus amboinensis
Australian Blacktip Shark
speciesCarcharhinus tilstoni
Nervous Shark
speciesCarcharhinus cautus
Hardnose Shark
speciesCarcharhinus macloti
Graceful Shark
speciesCarcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
Whitecheek Shark
speciesCarcharhinus dussumieri
Blackspot Shark
speciesCarcharhinus sealei
Indonesian Whaler
speciesCarcharhinus tjutjot
Whitecheek Shark
speciesCarcharhinus coatesi
Bignose Shark
speciesCarcharhinus altimus
Night Shark
speciesCarcharhinus signatus
Human's Whaler
speciesCarcharhinus humani
Smalltail Shark
speciesCarcharhinus porosus
Pondicherry Shark
speciesCarcharhinus hemiodon
Pacific Smalltail Shark
speciesCarcharhinus cerdale
Creek Whaler
speciesCarcharhinus fitzroyensis
Smoothtooth Blacktip Shark
speciesCarcharhinus leiodon
Daggernose Shark
speciesCarcharhinus oxyrhynchus
Lost shark
speciesCarcharhinus obsoletus
Borneo Shark
speciesCarcharhinus borneensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 53585.