WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)
217350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217350)
accepted
Species
Carcharhinus amblyrhinchoides (Whitley, 1934) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides Whitley, 1934 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides Whitley, 1934) Whitley, G. P. (1934). Notes on some Australian sharks. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> v. 10 (pt 4): 180-200, Pls. 27-29. [details]
Description A little-known but probably common tropical, inshore and offshore, coastal pelagic species, found over the continental and...
Description A little-known but probably common tropical, inshore and offshore, coastal pelagic species, found over the continental and insular shelves. Reported in attacks on humans. Potentially dangerous. Probably eats mostly fish. Viviparous. Utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217350 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides Whitley, 1934) Whitley, G. P. (1934). Notes on some Australian sharks. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> v. 10 (pt 4): 180-200, Pls. 27-29. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A little-known but probably common tropical, inshore and offshore, coastal pelagic species, found over the continental and insular shelves. Reported in attacks on humans. Potentially dangerous. Probably eats mostly fish. Viviparous. Utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | graceful shark | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (41 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides)
To FishBase (from synonym Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides Whitley, 1934)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharhinus amblyrhinchoides (Whitley, 1934))
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 79 proteins) (from synonym Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides Whitley, 1934)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 79 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides RAD100183-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides RAD100183-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides)
To FishBase (from synonym Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides Whitley, 1934)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharhinus amblyrhinchoides (Whitley, 1934))
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 79 proteins) (from synonym Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides Whitley, 1934)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 79 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides RAD100183-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides RAD100183-002)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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