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Carcharhinus albimarginatus

silvertip shark(+2)·(Rüppell, 1837)

GBIF:155389672

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(35)

French Exclusive Economic Zone (Réunion)

Madagascar

French Exclusive Economic Zone (Réunion)

Madagascar

South Africa

Somali Exclusive Economic Zone

Red Sea

Madagascar

Red Sea

Western Indian Ocean

Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone(DJ)

Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone(ER)

Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone(KE)

Comorian Exclusive Economic Zone(KM)

Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone(MU)

Rodrigues Island(MU)

Chagos Archipelago(MU)

Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone(MU)

Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)

Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone(SC)

Aldabra Islands(SC)

Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone(TZ)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 3 languages.

silvertip sharkengtiburón puntas blancasspaツマジロjpn

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 3 languages.

silvertip shark

eng

Source: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

tiburón puntas blancas

spa

Source: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

ツマジロ

jpn

Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaChordataVertebrataGnathostomataChondrichthyesElasmobranchiiNeoselachiiSelachiiGaleomorphiCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidaeCarcharhinusCarcharhinus albimarginatus

DOM

Biota868,823

Animalia624,570

Chordata52,812

SUB

Vertebrata49,207

INF

Gnathostomata49,030

Chondrichthyes1,702

Elasmobranchii1,631

SUB

Neoselachii1,630

INF

Selachii740

SUP

Galeomorphi493

Carcharhiniformes375

Carcharhinidae72

Carcharhinus36

Carcharhinus albimarginatus

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 73 proteins)

NCBI:txid495832

UNKNOWN

NOMENCLATURE

Synonyms(5)

Carcharhinus platyrhynchus(Gilbert, 1892)

synonym

Carcharias albimarginatusRüppell, 1837

synonym

Carcharinus albimarginatus(Rüppell, 1837)

synonym

Eulamia albimarginata(Rüppell, 1837)

synonym

Eulamia platyrhynchusGilbert, 1892

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CITATIONS

References(3)

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

basis of record

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.

additional source

Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

ecology sourceDOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4

Species Profile

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Geographic Distribution(35)

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Vernacular Names

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External Identifiers(1)

Synonyms(5)

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References(3)