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Grey reef shark. The grey reef shark or gray reef shark ( Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, sometimes misspelled amblyrhynchus or amblyrhinchos) [2] is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. One of the most common reef sharks in the Indo-Pacific, it is found as far east as Easter Island and as far west as South Africa.
The Caribbean reef shark ( Carcharhinus perezi) is a species of requiem shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil, and is the most commonly encountered reef shark in the Caribbean Sea. With a robust, streamlined body typical of the requiem sharks, this ...
Genus Echinorhinus T. N. Gill, 1862. Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (bramble shark) Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, 1928 (prickly shark) Family Etmopteridae (lantern sharks) Genus Aculeola F. de Buen, 1959. Aculeola nigra F. de Buen, 1959 (hook-tooth dogfish) Genus Centroscyllium J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841.
This article lists several species of reef-associated sharks which are known by the common name reef sharks . In the Indian and Pacific Oceans : Blacktip reef shark. Grey reef shark. Whitetip reef shark. In the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Galapagos shark. In the Atlantic Ocean: Caribbean reef shark.
Scientific name Image Alopias pelagicus, Pelagic thresher, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Silvertip shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus altimus, Bignose shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Grey reef shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus brevipinna, Spinner shark, (Carcharhinidae)
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. [3]
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
The copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), bronze whaler, or narrowtooth shark is a species of requiem shark found mostly in temperate latitudes.It is distributed in a number of separate populations in the northeastern and southwestern Atlantic, off southern Africa, in the northwestern and eastern Pacific, and around Australia and New Zealand, with scattered reports from equatorial regions.