Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann

Carcharias limbatus syn. C. phorcys
Subject: Sharks, Carcharias
Date 1905
Source/Photographer David Starr Jordan; Barton Warren Evermann (1905) Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, With a General Account of the Fish Fauna, Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, vol. 23 for 1903, part I, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
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The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae. It is common to coastal tropical and subtropical waters around the world, including brackish habitats. Swift, energetic piscivores, blacktip sharks are known to make spinning leaps out of the water while attacking schools of small fish. Their demeanor has been described as "timid" compared to other large requiem sharks.

Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Species: Carcharhinus limbatus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)
Synonyms

Carcharias abbreviatus Klunzinger, 1871
Carcharias aethalorus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Carcharias ehrenbergi Klunzinger, 1871
Carcharias maculipinna Günther, 1868
Carcharias microps Lowe, 1841
Carcharias muelleri Steindachner, 1867
Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852
Carcharhinus natator Meek & Hildebrand, 1923