Requiem shark

The requiem sharks are a family (Carcharhinidae) that includes some of the best-known and most common types of sharks, such as the tiger shark, blue shark, bull shark[?], and milk shark[?].

Family members have the usual carcharhiniform characteristics. The eyes are round, and the pectoral fins[?] are completely behind the five gill slits. Most species are viviparous[?], the young being born fully developed.

Many of the species in this family grow to considerable size, the record holder being a tiger shark measuring out at 7.4 meters.

Genus Carcharhinus:

• Blacknose shark[?] Carcharhinus acronotus
• Silvertip shark[?] Carcharhinus albimarginatus
• Bignose shark[?] Carcharhinus altimus
• Graceful shark[?] Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
• Grey reef shark[?] Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
• Pigeye shark[?] Carcharhinus amboinensis
• Borneo shark[?] Carcharhinus borneensis
• Copper shark[?] Carcharhinus brachyurus
• Spinner shark[?] Carcharhinus brevipinna
• Nervous shark[?] Carcharhinus cautus
• Whitecheek shark[?] Carcharhinus dussumieri
• Silky shark[?] Carcharhinus falciformis
• Creek whaler[?] Carcharhinus fitzroyensis
• Galapagos shark[?] Carcharhinus galapagensis
• Pondicherry shark[?] Carcharhinus hemiodon
• Finetooth shark[?] Carcharhinus isodon
• Smooth tooth blacktip shark[?] Carcharhinus leiodon
• Bull shark[?] Carcharhinus leucas
• Blacktip shark[?] Carcharhinus limbatus
• Oceanic whitetip shark[?] Carcharhinus longimanus
• Hardnose shark[?] Carcharhinus macloti
• Blacktip reef shark[?] Carcharhinus melanopterus
• Dusky shark[?] Carcharhinus obscurus
• Caribbean reef shark[?] Carcharhinus perezi
• Sandbar shark[?] Carcharhinus plumbeus
• Smalltail shark[?] Carcharhinus porosus
• Blackspot shark[?] Carcharhinus sealei
• Night shark[?] Carcharhinus signatus
• Spottail shark[?] Carcharhinus sorrah
• Australian blacktip shark[?] Carcharhinus tilstoni

Genus Galercerdo:

• Tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier

Genus Glyphis:

• Ganges shark[?] Glyphis gangeticus
• Speartooth shark[?] Glyphis glyphis
• Irrawaddy river shark[?] Glyphis siamensis

Genus Isogomphodon:

• Daggernose shark[?] Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus

Genus Lamiopsis:

• Broadfin shark[?] Lamiopsis temmincki

Genus Loxodon:

• Sliteye shark[?] Loxodon macrorhinus

Genus Nasolamia:

• Whitenose shark[?] Nasolamia velox

Genus Negaprion:

• Sicklefin lemon shark[?] Negaprion acutidens
• Lemon shark[?] Negaprion brevirostris

Genus Prionace:

• Blue shark Prionace glauca

Genus Rhizoprionodon:

• Milk shark[?] Rhizoprionodon acutus
• Brazilian sharpnose shark[?] Rhizoprionodon lalandii
• Pacific sharpnose shark[?] Rhizoprionodon longurio
• Grey sharpnose shark[?] Rhizoprionodon oligolinx
• Caribbean sharpnose shark[?] Rhizoprionodon porosus
• Australian sharpnose shark[?] Rhizoprionodon taylori
• Atlantic sharpnose shark[?] Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

Genus Scoliodon:

• Spadenose shark[?] Scoliodon laticaudus

Genus Triaenodon:

• Whitetip reef shark[?] Triaenodon obesus

External link

• FishBase entry for Carcharhinidae (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=11)