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Topic: Carcharhinus


In the News (Fri 11 Dec 09)

  
  Caribbean Reef Shark, Carcharhinus perezi at MarineBio.org
The Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi (Poey, 1876), aka reef shark, are dark gray to gray-brown on the dorsal side, and white to light yellow on the ventral side.
Caribbean reef sharks are also morphologically and ecologically very similar to the gray reef shark, which is found only in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi, is found in tropical waters of North, Central, and South America and is particularly abundant in the Caribbean.
marinebio.org /species.asp?id=495   (1260 words)

  
  Sandbar shark - Carcharhinus plumbeus
/url?sa=U&start=2&q=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi%3Fcmd%3DRetrieve%26db%3DPubMed%26list_uids%3D6684186%26dopt%3DAbstract&e=747 >Fetal mummification in the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus...
Carcharhinus leucas ___ Blacktip Shark Carcharhinus limbatus ___ Spinner Shark
Fetal mummification in the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus...
sharks.wildmadagascar.org /species/links/Carcharhinus_plumbeus.html   (2808 words)

  
 Zoology -- Sharks and Allies   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Carcharhinus brachyurus -- Copper Shark -- [ strust ]
Carcharhinus brevipinna -- Spinner Shark -- [ strust ]
Carcharhinus plumbeus -- Sandbar Shark -- [ fao
hometown.aol.com /darwinpage/zoo/sharks.htm   (1261 words)

  
 Dusky shark - Carcharhinus obscurus
Valenciennes, in Muller and Henle, 1839) — Blacktip shark Carcharhinus longimanus
Carcharhinus plumbeus, Sandbar shark, 21 - 63 - 3, 0, 14.
Shark Carcharhinus limbatus ___ Spinner Shark Carcharhinus maculipinnis ___ Sandbar
sharks.wildmadagascar.org /species/links/Carcharhinus_obscurus.html   (328 words)

  
 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Carcharhinus sealei
Carcharhinus sealei is likely to be caught in relatively large quantities by artisanal fisheries and small scale commercial fisheries within its range, particularly in South East Asia, since it is most commonly found in shallow waters where such fishing activities are intensive.
Carcharhinus sealei is a coastal shark on the continental and insular shelves from the surf line to depths of 40 m, but usually in shallow water, not adjacent to river mouths (Compagno and Niem 1998).
Carcharhinus sealei is a common catch in artisanal fisheries and smallscale commercial fisheries, as well as by recreational anglers (Compagno and Niem 1998).
www.redlist.org /search/details.php?species=41738   (490 words)

  
 PSRC - Eastern North Pacific Sharks
Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) — Galapagos shark
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, in Muller & Henle, 1839) — Blacktip shark
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) — Oceanic whitetip shark
psrc.mlml.calstate.edu /enps.htm   (557 words)

  
 Carcharhinus altimus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Carcharhinus falciformis: the origin of first dorsal fin behind free rear tip of pectoral fin.
Carcharhinus plumbeus: anterior nasal flaps usually low and inconspicuous.
Carcharhinus obscurus: the ventral line of first dorsal fin origin closer to pectoral fin rear tip than to pectoral insertion.
www.ciesm.org /atlas/Carcharhinusaltimus.html   (426 words)

  
 CSIRO PUBLISHING - Marine & Freshwater Research   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The presence of Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) is recorded for the first time on the Province of Buenos Aires coast.
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) is known from only a single Argentine record.
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) has been recorded from oceanic waters offshore of Argentina, but has not been taken from continental shelf waters.
www.publish.csiro.au /nid/126/paper/MF97249.htm   (253 words)

  
 FIGIS - FAO/SIDP Species Identification Sheet: Carcharhinus obscurus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Carcharhinus lamiella (not Carchiaras lamiella Jordan and Gilbert, 1882, equals C.
Adult dusky sharks are often seen offshore and commonly follow ships.This shark is strongly migratory in temperate and subtropical areas in the Eastern North Pacific and Western North Atlantic, moving north during the warmer months of summer and retreating south when the water cools.
Young dusky sharks are readily preyed on by other big sharks, including sandtiger (Carcharias), great white (Carcharodon), bull (Carcharhinus leucas), and tiger (Galeocerdo) sharks, which help to regulate the population size of this species.
www.fao.org /figis/servlet/FiRefServlet?ds=species&fid=2811   (1573 words)

  
 National Museum of Natural History - Paleobiology   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Carcharhinus brachyurus - "The upper teeth of large males are distinctly hooked near the tips as compared to those of females." (Bass et al., 1973, p.
Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa: I. The genus Carcharhinus (Carcharhinidae).
Morphology and striation of the shark tooth crowns.
www.nmnh.si.edu /paleo/sharkteeth   (5739 words)

  
 Grey reef shark - Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (gray reef shark or grey reef shark).
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) -- valid -- graceful shark.
...of galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis), reef fltip shark (Carcharhinus
sharks.wildmadagascar.org /species/links/Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos.html   (207 words)

  
 The Oceanic Whitetip
Biology and Behaviour of the Oceanic Whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus = [maou])
While many members of the family Carcharhinidae (to which the genus Carcharhinus belongs, along with about 11 other similar-looking genera) appear very similar to each other, this stocky shark stands out, primarily because of its fins.
In the case of the silky shark, whitetips are less agile and speedy, so if the food item drifts away from the whitetip, the silky shark may use its nimbleness to snatch the food and make a quick getaway (Compagno, 1984).
www.ncf.carleton.ca /~bz050/whitetip.html   (1729 words)

  
 Mediterranean Sharks: Carcharhinidae   (Site not responding. Last check: )
THERE are presently nine carcharhinid species reported from Mediterranean waters, of which by far the most abundant being the blue shark Prionace glauca in offshore pelagic fisheries and sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus typically represented in coastal fisheries, especially those of the southern-central Mediterranean, North Africa and Levant.
Others, primarily the spinner shark Carcharhinus brevipinna and (rather less frequently) the fltip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, may be encountered increasingly as one moves from Sicily and Tunisia south-easterly through the region's warmer zones towards Egypt and up towards Lebanon and the Aegean.
The same argument equally applies to the wide-ranging, epipelagic oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus which - albeit known from eastern North Atlantic waters adjunct to the Mediterranean at Gibraltar - is yet to be reliably confirmed in the Mediterranean fauna.
www.zoo.co.uk /~z9015043/carcharhinidae.html   (591 words)

  
 Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Preys upon a wide range of smaller demersal or inshore bony fish, including jacks, mullet, sea breams and smaller groupers; also octopi, squid, cuttlefish and occasionally shrimps.
The "Blacktip shark" (Carcharhinus limbatus) which don't have a fl tip on its first dorsal fin.
The "fltail reef shark" (Carcharhinus wheeleri) have a whit tip on its first dorsal fin.
web.cyberia.net.lb /lebscuba/english/sharks/blacktip.html   (417 words)

  
 Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Bull Shark
The genus name Carcharhinus is derived from the Greek "karcharos" = sharpen and "rhinos" = nose.
It has also appeared in the literature as Carcharias (Prionodon) zambezensis, Carcharhinus zambezensis, Prionodon platyodon, Squalus platyodon, Squalus obtusus, Eulamia nicaraguensis, Carcharias azureus, Carcharias spenceri, Galeolamna (Bogimba) bogimba, Galeolamna greyi mckaili, and Carcharhinus vanrooyeni.
A crocodile in South Africa was also reported to have consumed a bull shark.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/bullshark/bullshark.htm   (1820 words)

  
 Photos of the Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) Walker´s Cay/Bahamas
Photos of the Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), at the shark beach and the shark point of Walker´s Cay/Abaco islands/Bahamas
Together with the Tiger Shark and the White Shark, the Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) belongs to the “dangerous sharks“.
It often stays in the shallow water near the shore and in the estuaries of rivers.
www.jostimages.com /galerie/sharks/bull-shark.html   (245 words)

  
 Blacktip Reef Shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus @ MarineBio.org
Blacktip reef shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus, is a small shark measuring up to 2 m with a short, bluntly rounded snout, oval eyes, and narrow-cusped teeth; second dorsal fin large; no interdorsal ridge.
This is one of the three most common reef sharks in the Indo-Pacific, the two others are the Grey Reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos and Whitetip Reef shark, Triaenodon obesus.
Blacktip Reef Shark - Carcharhinus melanopterus - MarineBio.org.
www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=90   (791 words)

  
 Shark Ecomorphotypes
Young Silky Sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) remain over continental margins, but adults of this species range far into the open ocean and well away from land.
Members of this ecomorphotype are very poorly known taxonomically and biologically, particularly how they adapt to the osmotic stresses imposed by their freshwater haunts or even whether or not they breed in fresh water.
It is presumed that - like freshwater-adapted Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) - the Ganges River Shark (Glyphis gangeticus) and other spear-toothed sharks of the genus Glyphis feature body fluids with greatly reduced urea, sodium and chlorine ion concentrations, but this remains to be tested experimentally.
www.elasmo-research.org /education/topics/de_ecomorphotypes.htm   (2826 words)

  
 CAS Ichthyology Types   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Synonym of Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle 1839) -- (Garrick 1982:159 [ref. 5454], Compagno 1984:470 [ref. 6846]).
Synonym of Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani 1840) -- (Compagno 1984:496 [ref. 6846], Castro-Aguirre et al.
Valid as Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller 1905) -- (Garrick 1982:126 [ref. 5454], Compagno 1984:473 [ref. 6846], Bass et al.
www.calacademy.org /research/ichthyology/Types/IchTypeBrwsRecs.asp?obj=vTypeImages&Atr=Family&Val=Carcharhinidae   (326 words)

  
 Bull or Zambezi shark - Carcharhinus leucas
The picture of the large bullshark, Carcharhinus leucas, that Jeff is holding, was
Carcharhinus leucas (Müller and Henle, 1839) Taxonomic Serial No.: 160275.
Carcharhinus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850) -- invalid.
sharks.wildmadagascar.org /species/links/Carcharhinus_leucas.html   (340 words)

  
 ELASMO.COM Fossil - Lee Creek non-carcharhinid sharks
Carcharhinus cf galapagensis (SNODGRASS and HELLER, 1905) Galapagos shark
A relatively rare tooth from the Yorktown and possibly the Pungo River.The accompanying upper lateral is 19 mm high.
Carcharhinus perezi (POEY, 1876) — Caribbean Reef Shark
www.elasmo.com /leecreek/sp_shrk2.html   (1567 words)

  
 FF-30-2002
Bignose (Carcharhinus altimus), Blacktip (Carcharhinus limbatus), Bull (Carcharhinus
leucus), Caribbean reef Carcharhinus perezii), Dusky (Carcharhinus obscurus),
(Carcharhinus longimanus), Porbeagle (Lamna nasus), Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus),
www.hatterashi.com /files/ff_30_sharks.htm   (806 words)

  
 Fish of Galveston Bay, Texas (221 Species)
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes) includes C. natator Meek and Hildebrand (Bigelow and Schroeder 1948, p.
Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur) includes Eulamia obscura (Lesueur) (Bigelow and Schroeder 1948, p.
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo) includes C. (=Eulamia) milberti (Valenciennes) (Robins et al.
home.att.net /~TSNL_Inc/FishGalvestonBay.htm   (1225 words)

  
 Galapagos Shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) Whaler Sharks. Carcharhinidae.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
To see photographs of the Galapagos Shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) click here.
The Galapagos Shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) was first recorded in the Galapagos archipelago but has since been recorded in many oceanic islands of the Pacific.
Like the Grey Reef Shark, the Galapagos Shark also has a threat display that is used to warn off predators or competitors looking for food or territory.
www.marinethemes.com /galapagoshark.html   (183 words)

  
 Predators
Recent studies, however, demonstrate that in all these rivers and lakes there is but one species: the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, which is also commonly found in the warm, shallow waters of the oceans.
Of all the sharks swimming the continental coasts of tropical and subtropical seas, the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, may be the most dangerous.
The bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, is probably the next most dangerous shark in warm waters.
www.aquaticape.org /predators.html   (6896 words)

  
 Bull Shark. Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) description.
Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) photo (and picture) gallery, including species classification and further information.
The bull shark has a short snout that is wider than it is long (hence its name).
Sharks - Sharks are amazing fish that have been around since long before the dinosaurs existed.
www.maneatingsharks.com /Bull_Shark.htm   (267 words)

  
 Shark taxonomy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Family (Largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks) CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks
Carcharhinus brachyurus -- Copper shark or bronze whaler
(A most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous) Carcharhinus leucas -- Bull or Zambezi shark
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sh/shark_taxonomy.htm   (594 words)

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