Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Grys rifhaai, Kortneus-swartsterthaai
Common Names in Arabic:
Jarjur
Common Names in Burmese:
Nga-man-nee
Common Names in Creole, French:
Requin gris
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Requin gris
Common Names in Czech:
Žralok černolemý, ralok cernolemý
Common Names in Danish:
Grå revhaj
Common Names in Dutch:
Grijze rifhaai, Sierlijke haai
Common Names in English:
Black-vee whaler, blacktail reef shark, Bronze whaler, graceful shark, Gray reef shark, grey reef shark, Grey shark, Grey whaler shark, Longnose blacktail shark, Queensland shark, Shark, Shortnose blacktail shark, Whaler shark
Common Names in Fijian:
Qio dravu
Common Names in French:
Dagsit, Requin à queue noire, Requin bar, Requin blanc, Requin dagsit, Requin gracile, Requin gris, Requin Gris de récif
Common Names in Gela:
Bagea totoho
Common Names in Gilbertese:
Te bakoanimarawa
Common Names in Guugu Yimidhirr:
Guliman
Common Names in Hawaiian:
Mano
Common Names in Japanese:
Oguromejiro zame
Common Names in Kiribati:
Te bakoanimarawa
Common Names in Malay:
Ikan yu, Yu
Common Names in Maldivian:
Thila miyaru
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
侧条真鲨, 側條真鯊, 大沙, 鈍吻真鯊, 钝吻真鲨, 韋氏真鯊, 韦氏真鲨, 黑印白眼鮫, 黑印白眼鲛, 黑尾真鯊, 黑尾真鲨
Common Names in Marshall:
Pako mej
Common Names in Marshallese:
Pako mej
Common Names in Niuean:
mago
Common Names in Portuguese:
Marracho enlutado
Common Names in Samoan:
Malie-aloalo
Common Names in Spanish:
Tiburón coralero rabinegro, Tiburón de arrecifes, Tiburón grácil
Common Names in Swedish:
Grå revhaj
Common Names in Tagalog:
Pating
Common Names in Tahitian:
Raira
Common Names in Thai:
Chalarm Nah-moo
Common Names in Tongan:
'Anga
Common Names in Tuvaluan:
Te alava, Te bakoanimarawa
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cá M?p ch?m, Cá Mập chấm
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Class:
Chondrichthyes
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)
- Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
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)
- Infraclass:
Euselachii
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)
- Cohort:
Neoselachii
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)
- Order:
Carcharhiniformes
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)
- Family:
Carcharhinidae
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)
- Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- Genus:
Carcharhinus
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)
- de Blainville, 1816
- Specific name:
ahenea
- Scientific name: - Carcharhinus ahenea
- Specific name:
ahenea
- Genus:
Carcharhinus
(
- Family:
Carcharhinidae
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- Order:
Carcharhiniformes
(
- Cohort:
Neoselachii
(
- Infraclass:
Euselachii
(
- Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
(
- Class:
Chondrichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Carcharhinus amblyrhinchoides • Carcharhinus amblyrhinchoides (Whitley, 1934) • Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos • Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides • Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (non Whitley, 1934) • Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) • Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos • Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) • Carcharinus amblyrhynchos • Carcharinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Carcharhinus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 36 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. acronotus (Blacknose Shark) · C. ahenea (Shortnose Blacktail Shark) · C. albimarginatus (Silvertip Shark) · C. altimus (Knopp´s Shark) · C. amblyrhynchoides (Graceful Shark) · C. amblyrhynchos (Shortnose Blacktail Shark) · C. amboinensis (Ambon Sharpnose Puffer) · C. azureus (Large Blacktip Shark) · C. borneensis (Borneo Mullet) · C. brachyurus (Black-Tipped Whaler) · C. brevipinna (Blacktipped Shark) · C. cautus (Sharks Bay Whaler Shark) · C. dussumieri (Whitecheek Shark) · C. falciformis (Sickle-Shaped Shark) · C. fitzroyensis (Creek Whaler Shark) · C. galapagensis (Galapagos Shark) · C. hemiodon (Pondicherry Shark) · C. isodon (Fintooth Shark) · C. leiodon (Smoothtooth Blacktip Shark) · C. leucas (Bull Shark) · C. limbatus (Blacktip Shark) · C. longimanus (Brown Milbert's Sand Bar Shark) · C. macloti (Hardnose Shark) · C. melanopterus (Black Fin Reef Shark) · C. obscurus (Dusky Shark) · C. perezi (Caribbean Reef Shark) · C. perezii (Caribbean Reef Shark) · C. plumbeus (Northern Whaler Shark) · C. porosus (Tiburon Peninsula Limia) · C. sealei (Black-Spot Shark) · C. signatus (Night Shark) · C. sorrah (West Australian Whaler Shark) · C. springeri (Reef Shark) · C. tilstoni (Australian Blacktip Shark) · C. velox (Whitenose Shark) · C. wheeleri (Blacktail Reef Shark)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 146848
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3997416
