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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) 
AphiaID: 217337

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Carcharhinidae (Family) > Carcharhinus (Genus)
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
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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English blacktail reef shark (from synonym)  [details]
English grey reef shark  [details]
English shortnose blacktail (from synonym)  [details]
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]
Links To FishBase
To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (61 barcodes)
To ITIS
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]
Images 
Carcharhinus wheeleri
[image from synonym]
Carcharhinus wheeleri
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
added on 2009-08-04 - author: Jost, Klaus
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
added on 2009-08-04 - author: Jost, Klaus
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Edit
history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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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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