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Species Carcharhinus Brachyurus (Günther, 1870 FAMILY Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - requiem sharks [=Triaenodontini, Prionidae, Cynocephali, Galeocerdini, Carcharhininae, Eulamiidae, Loxodontinae, Scoliodontinae, Galeolamnidae, Rhizoprionodontini, Isogomphodontini] GENUS Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 - requiem sharks [=Aprion, Aprionodon, Bogimba, Carcharias, Eulamia, Galeolamna, Galeolamnoides, Gillisqualus, Gymnorhinus, Hypoprion, Hypoprionodon, Isoplagiodon, Lamnarius, Longmania, Mapolamia, Ogilamia, Platypodon, Pterolamia, Pterolamiops, Uranga, Uranganops] Species Carcharhinus acarenatus Moreno & Hoyos, 1983 - Moroccan shark Species Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) - blacknose shark [=remotus] Species Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) silvertip shark [=platyrhynchus] Species Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) - bignose shark [=radamae] Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) - graceful shark Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) - grey reef shark [=coongoola, fowleri, nesiotes, tufiensis] Species Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Java shark [=brachyrhynchos, henlei, obtusus] Species Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) - Borneo shark Species Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) - copper shark, bronze whaler, narrowtooth shark [=ahenea, improvisus, lamiella, remotoides, rochensis] Species Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) - great blacktip shark [=brevipinna B, calamaria, caparti, johnsoni, maculipinnis, nasuta] Species Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) - nervous shark Species Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, in Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - Pacific smalltail shark Species Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939) - whitecheek shark Species Carcharhinus dussumieri (Muller & Henle, 1839) - whitecheek shark [=javanicus, malabdricus] Species Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) - ridgeback shark [=atrodorsus, falcipinnis, floridanus, malpeloensis, menisorrah, pharaonis, sitankaiensis, tiburo] Species Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943) - creek whaler Species Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) - Galapagos shark Species Carcharhinus hemiodon (Muller & Henle, 1839) - Pondicherry shark [=atripinnis, watu] Species Carcharhinus humani White & Weigmann, 2014 - Human's shark Species Carcharhinus isodon (Müller & Henle, 1839) - finetooth shark [=punctatus] Species Carcharhinus leiodon (Garrick, 1985) - smoothtooth blacktip Species Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) - bull shark [=azureus, bogimba, makaili, nicaraguensis, obtusus, platyodon, spenceri, vanrooyeni, zambezensis] Species Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839) - blacktip reef shark [=abbreviatus, aethalorus, conductus, ehrenbergi, microps, muelleri, natator, phorcys, pleurotaenia] Species Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) - oceanic whitetip shark [=budkeri, insularum, magnipinnis, maou] Species Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839) - hardnose shark Species Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - blacktip reef shark [=commersonii, elegans, marianensis, minor, playfairii] Species Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) - dusky shark [= eblis, greyi, iranzae, macrurus, obscurella, obvelatus] Species Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876) - reef shark, Caribbean reef shark [=springeri] Species Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) - brown shark, sandbar shark [=caecchia, caudata, ceruleus, dorsalis, japonicus, latistomus, milberti, obtusirostris, stevensi] Species Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839) - smalltail shark [=henlei] Species Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913) - blackspot shark [=borneensis] Species Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868) - night shark [=bigelowi, longirostris] Species Carcharhinus sorrah (Muller & Henle, 1839) - spottail shark [=bleekeri, isobel, spallanzani, taeniatus] Species Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950) - Australian blacktip shark Species Carcharias tjutjot Bleeker, 1852 - tjutjot shark GENUS Galeocerdo Müller & Henle, 1837 - tiger sharks [=Boreogaleus] Species Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, in Lesueur, 1822) - tiger shark, leopard shark [=arcticus, cepedianus, fasciatus B, fasciatus V, hemprichii, maculatus, obtusus, rayneri, tigrinus] GENUS Glyphis Agassiz, 1843 - river sharks Species Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Ganges shark [=fowlerae, siamensis] Species Glyphis garricki Compagno et al., 2008 - Northern river shark Species Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839) - speartooth shark GENUS Isogomphodon Gill, 1862 - daggernose sharks Species Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Müller & Henle, 1839) - daggernose shark GENUS Lamiopsis Gill, 1862 - broadfin sharks Species Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839) - broadfin shark Species Lamiopsis tephrodes (Fowler, 1905) - Borneo broadfin shark [=microphthalmus] GENUS Loxodon Müller & Henle, 1838 - sliteye sharks Species Loxodon macrorhinus Müller & Henle, 1839 - sliteye shark [=affinis, ceylonensis, dumerilii, jordani] GENUS Nasolamia Compagno & Garrick, 1983 - requiem sharks Species Nasolamia velox (Gilbert, 1898) - requiem shark GENUS Negaprion Whitley, 1940 - lemon sharks [=Hemigaleops, Mystidens] Species Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) - sicklefin lemon shark [=forskalii, fosteri, innominatus, madagascariensis, munzingeri, odontaspis, queenslandicus] Species Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868) - lemon shark Species Negaprion fronto (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) - Mazatlan lemon shark GENUS Prionace Cantor, 1849 - blue sharks [=Cynocephalus K, Cynocephalus W, Cynocephalus G, Galeus V, Galeus G, Prionodon, Thalassinus, Thalassorhinus] Species Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) - blue shark [=adscensionis, caeruleus, gracilis, hirundinaceus, isodus, mackiei, pugae, rondeletii, vulpecula] GENUS Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 - sharpnose sharks [=Protozygaena, Rhizoprion] Species Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) - grey dog shark [=aaronis, aronis, crenidens, eumeces, longmani, sorrhkowah, vagatus, walbeehmi] Species Rhizoprionodon lalandii (Müller & Henle, 1839) - Brazilian sharpnose shark [=intermedius] Species Rhizoprionodon longurio (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) - Pacific sharpnose shark Species Rhizoprionodon oligolinx Springer, 1964 - grey sharpnose shark Species Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) - Atlantic sharpnose shark Species Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915) - Australian sharpnose shark Species Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (Richardson, 1837) - Atlantic sharpnose shark GENUS Scoliodon Müller & Henle, 1837 - spadenose sharks [=Physodon] Species Scoliodon intermedius Garman, 1913 - intermediate spadenose shark Species Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838 - spadenose shark, Indian dog shark [=muelleri, palasorra] Species Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) - Pacific spadenose shark GENUS Triaenodon Müller & Henle, 1837 - whitetip reef sharks Species Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) - blunt-head shark, whitetip reef shark [=apicalis].
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