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 longimanus (Poey, 1861)

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

*Squalus longimanus*	Poey, 1861	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

German: Hochsee-Weißflossenhai; Weißspitzen-Hochseehai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Καρχαρίνος των ωκεανών sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ヨゴレ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

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

Spanish, Castillian: jaquetón de ley; tiburón oceánico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: årfenhaj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: akyuzgecli kopekbaligi; akyüzgeçli köpekbalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула сіра довгокрила; Довгокрила акула

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	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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98.
additional source	Garrick, J.A.F. (1982). Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular. 445:150-159.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
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 images (Carcharhinus longimanus, Egypt, by Moldzio, S.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861). 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:105794