WoRMS name details
Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick, 1982
217354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217354)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Garrick, J.A.F. (1982). Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. <em>NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular.</em> 445:1-194. [details]
Description Found in both coastal and oceanic waters. Seldom seen on reef flats. Length possibly to 193 cm. Feeds on fishes, squids,...
Description Found in both coastal and oceanic waters. Seldom seen on reef flats. Length possibly to 193 cm. Feeds on fishes, squids, and octopus (Ref. 5213). Adults in about 80 m depth (Ref. 5485); juveniles in shallower waters. Viviparous, with 1 to 4 young in a litter. Size at birth about 65 to 75 cm. Aggresive towards skindivers with speared fish (Ref. 5485). Utilized for human consumption, fishmeal, and other shark products. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217354 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Garrick, J.A.F. (1982). Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. <em>NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular.</em> 445:1-194. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in both coastal and oceanic waters. Seldom seen on reef flats. Length possibly to 193 cm. Feeds on fishes, squids, and octopus (Ref. 5213). Adults in about 80 m depth (Ref. 5485); juveniles in shallower waters. Viviparous, with 1 to 4 young in a litter. Size at birth about 65 to 75 cm. Aggresive towards skindivers with speared fish (Ref. 5485). Utilized for human consumption, fishmeal, and other shark products. [details]Remark Previously this shark has been misidentified as C. amblyrhynchos, C. menisorrah (Muller& Henle), and C. spallanzani (Leseur). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shortnose blacktailblacktail reef shark | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus wheeleri)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carcharhinus wheeleri)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
