| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling)
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling)
Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick, 1982
Carcharias amblyrhynchos Bleeker, 1856
Carcharias nesiotes Snyder, 1904
Carcharinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling)
Galeolamna coongoola Whitley, 1964
Galeolamna fowleri Whitley, 1944
Galeolamna tufiensis Whitley, 1949
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| Sources | |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]
additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]
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Vernacular Names | | | Language | Name | | |
English |
blacktail reef shark (from synonym) |
[details] |
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English |
grey reef shark |
[details] |
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English |
shortnose blacktail (from synonym) |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | Aldabra (from synonym) [details]
Cargados Carajos [details]
Chagos [details]
Comores (from synonym) [details]
Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya (from synonym) [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details]
Reunion (from synonym) [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia (from synonym) [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details]
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| Links | | To FishBase
To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (61 barcodes)
To ITIS
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| Note | |
Description: Abundant in lagoons of coral islands, often in deeper areas near drop-offs. Frequently found in large groups, may become very aggressive if food is in the water. Feeds on reef bony fishes, squid, octopi, crabs, lobsters and shrimp. Viviparous. More active nocturnally. Readily enters into a frenzy feeding pattern, at which time it may become quite dangerous. Repeatedly incriminated in human attacks. Shows microhabitat separation from the blacktip reef shark. [details]
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| Images | |
[image from synonym] Carcharhinus wheeleri added on 2008-08-20 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos added on 2008-08-20 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos added on 2009-08-04 - author: Jost, Klaus qualitystatus: not checked |
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos added on 2009-08-04 - author: Jost, Klaus qualitystatus: not checked |
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| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217337 on 2010-07-30 |
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