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 > Genus Carcharhinus

Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Carcharhinus*	Blainville, 1816	accepted genus name
*Eulamia*	Gill, 1862	synonym
*Hypoprion*	Müller & Henle, 1838	synonym

Species group names

*Carcharias limbatus*	Valenciennes, 1839	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: blacktip shark sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

German: kleiner Schwarzspitzenhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Μελανόακρος καρχαρίνος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: כריש שחור-שוליים sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: カマストガリザメ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: mažasis juodapelekis ryklys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: żarłacz czarnopłetwy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: tubarão-de-pontas-negras

Spanish, Castillian: jaquetón manchado; tiburón macuira; tiburón volador sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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.

Turkish: camgoz; camgöz; kopek baligi; köpek balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула сіра чорнопера

Literature

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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
ecology 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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Carcharhinus limbatus, Bahrain, by Randall, J.E.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839). 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:105793