Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Carcharhinidae

Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eulamia*	Gill, 1862	synonym
*Hypoprion*	Müller & Henle, 1838	synonym

Children

Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950)
Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)
Carcharhinus isodon (Valenciennes, 1839)
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: メジロザメ属

Literature

original description	Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. [Prodrome of a new systematic distribution of the animal kingdom.]. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105719