Carcharhinus

Carcharhinus is the type genus of the family Carcharhinidae, the requiem sharks. One of 12 genera in its family, it contains over half of the species therein. It contains 35 extant and eight extinct species to date, with likely more species yet to be described.

Species

Extant

Genus Carcharhinus Blainville 1816 - 35 extant species
Common name	Scientific name	Geographic range	Conservation status IUCN Red List	Length	Image
Blacknose shark	Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860)	Blacknose shark geographic range	Endangered	Template:Convert	Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
Silvertip shark	Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)	Silvertip shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)
Bignose shark	Carcharhinus altimus (S. Springer, 1950)	Bignose shark geographic range	Near threatened	Template:Convert possibly Template:Convert	Bignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus)
Graceful shark	Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)	Graceful shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert	Graceful shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides)
Grey reef shark	Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)	Grey reef shark geographic range	Endangered	Mostly less than Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
Pigeye shark	Carcharhinus amboinensis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Pigeye shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert max. Template:Convert	Pigeye shark (Carcharhinus amboinensis)
Borneo shark	Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858)	Borneo shark geographic range	Critically endangered	Template:Convert
Copper shark	Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)	Copper shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert	Copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus)
Spinner shark	Carcharhinus brevipinna (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Spinner shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
Nervous shark	Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945)	Nervous shark geographic range	Least concern	Template:Convert possibly Template:Convert	Nervous shark (Carcharhinus cautus)
Pacific smalltail shark	Carcharhinus cerdale (C. H. Gilbert, 1898)	Pacific smalltail shark geographic range	Critically endangered	Template:Convert	Pacific smalltail shark (Carcharhinus cerdale)
Australian blackspot shark	Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939)		Least concern	Template:Convert	Australian blackspot shark (Carcharhinus coatesi)
Whitecheek shark	Carcharhinus dussumieri (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Whitecheek shark geographic range	Endangered	Template:Convert	Whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri)
Silky shark	Carcharhinus falciformis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Silky shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
Creek whaler	Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943)	Creek whaler geographic range	Least concern	Template:Convert possibly Template:Convert	Creek whaler (Carcharhinus fitzroyensis)
Galapagos shark	Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)	Galapagos shark geographic range	Least concern	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
Pondicherry shark	Carcharhinus hemiodon (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Pondicherry shark geographic range	Critically endangered	Template:Convert	Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
Human's whaler shark	Carcharhinus humani (W. T. White & Weigmann, 2014)		Data deficient	Template:Convert
Finetooth shark	Carcharhinus isodon (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Finetooth shark geographic range	Near threatened	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon)
Smoothtooth blacktip shark	Carcharhinus leiodon (Garrick, 1985)	Smoothtooth blacktip shark geographic range	Endangered	Template:Convert	Smoothtooth blacktip shark (Carcharhinus leiodon)
Bull shark	Carcharhinus leucas (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Bull shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
Blacktip shark	Carcharhinus limbatus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Blacktip shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Oceanic whitetip shark	Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)	Oceanic whitetip shark geographic range	Critically endangered	Template:Convert	Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Hardnose shark	Carcharhinus macloti (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Hardnose shark geographic range	Near threatened	Template:Convert	Hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti)
Blacktip reef shark	TCarcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)	Blacktip reef shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Dusky shark	Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)	Dusky shark geographic range	Endangered	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
Lost shark	Carcharhinus obsolerus (White, Kyne, & Harris, 2019)		Critically endangered (possibly extinct)	Template:Convert (juvenile length only)
Caribbean reef shark	Carcharhinus perezi (Poey, 1876)	Caribbean reef shark geographic range	Endangered	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi)
Sandbar shark	Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)	Sandbar shark geographic range	Endangered	Template:Convert	Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
Smalltail shark	Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)	Smalltail shark geographic range	Critically endangered	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Smalltail shark (Carcharhinus porosus)
Blackspot shark	Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)	Blackspot shark geographic range	Vulnerable	Template:Convert	Blackspot shark (Carcharhinus sealei)
Night shark	Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)	Night shark geographic range	Endangered	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus)
Spot-tail shark	Carcharhinus sorrah (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)	Spot-tail shark geographic range	Near threatened	Template:Convert	Spot-tail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah)
Australian blacktip shark	Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950)	Australian blacktip shark geographic range	Least concern	Template:Convert maximum Template:Convert	Australian blacktip shark (Carcharhinus tilstoni)
Indonesian whaler shark	Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852)		Vulnerable	Template:Convert	Indonesian whaler shark (Carcharhinus tjutjot)

^T Type species

Fossil

Age	Species	Authority	Formation	Location	Image	Notes
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Montehermosan	†C. egertoni	Agassiz 1843	Onzole	Ecuador
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Pliocene			Luanda	Angola
Villamagna			Italy
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Huayquerian			Camacho	Uruguay
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Late Miocene			Penedo	Portugal
rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Middle Miocene			Sekinobana	Japan
Suso
Hannoura
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Langhian			Higashi-innai
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Colhuehuapian			Pirabas	Brazil
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Burdigalian			Calvert	Maryland
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Early Miocene			Baripada	India
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Early Piacenzian	†C. priscus	Agassiz 1843	Oosterhout	Netherlands
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Montehermosan			Onzole	Ecuador
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Pliocene			Luanda	Angola
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Hemphillian			Curré	Costa Rica
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Huayquerian			Pisco	Peru
rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Late Miocene			Penedo	Portugal
Uscari			Costa Rica
Fujina			Japan
Takakubo
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Badenian			Hrušky	Czech Republic
Korytnica			Poland
rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Serravallian			Moulin de Débat	France
Kurahara			Japan
Wajimazaki
Horimatsu
rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Middle Miocene				Sekinobana
Suso
Hannoura
Maenami
rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Langhian				Higashi-innai
Florianer Schichten			Austria
Grund
Weissenegg
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Middle Miocene			Punta Judas	Costa Rica
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Burdigalian			Dera Bugti	Pakistan
Dam			Saudi Arabia
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Colhuehuapian			Pirabas	Brazil
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Aquitanian			Trent	North Carolina
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Early Miocene			Filakovo	Slovakia
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Chasicoan	†C. caquetius	Carrillo Briceño et al. 2015	Urumaco	Venezuela	File:Carcharhinus caquetius - Urumaco Formation - Venezuela.jpg
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Santacrucian	†C. ackermani	Santos & Travasos 1960	Cantaure	Venezuela
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Colhuehuapian			Pirabas	Brazil
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Burdigalian	†C. gibbesi	Woodward 1889	Trent	North Carolina	File:Carcharhinus gibbesi - Chandler Bridge Formation - USA.jpg
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Chattian			Chandler Bridge	South Carolina
rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Priabonian			Clinchfield	Georgia
Yazoo			Alabama Louisiana
Jackson Gp.			Arkansas
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Bartonian			Gosport Sand	Alabama
Moodys Branch			Louisiana Mississippi
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Lutetian			Crockett	Texas
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Rupelian	†C. balochenisis	Adnet et al. 2007	Chitarwata	Pakistan
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Rupelian	†C. perseus	Adnet et al. 2007	Chitarwata	Pakistan
Minqar Tabaghbagh			Egypt
style="background-color: Template:Period color;" | Bartonian	†C. nigeriensis	White 1926	Ameki	Nigeria

See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera