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Primary source: “Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Waters” — Fisheries Research Center, Jeddah, 1432H / 2011.

Fisheries Research Center – Jeddah · Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture

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Blacktip reef shark · Carcharhinus melanopterus | Asmak Al Mamlakah

Carcharhinus melanopterus

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Blacktip reef shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

قرش أغبر هواش

Requiem sharks · CarcharhinidaeCartilaginous fishes

Maximum length: 70.3 cm
Depth range: —
Maximum weight: —
Maximum age: —

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References & sources

Fisheries Research Center – Jeddah (2011). Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Waters (1st ed., 1432H). Ministry of Agriculture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.(Book page 19)

Taxonomy

Kingdom: AnimaliaAnimals

Species in the same family

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Requiem sharks

Carcharhinus amblyrhynhchos

اقرش نسحم قرش غزير

Maximum length: 33.6 cm

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Requiem sharks

Phylum

ChordataChordates

Class

ElasmobranchiiSharks and rays

Order

CarcharhiniformesCarcharhiniformes

Family

CarcharhinidaeRequiem sharks

Genus

Carcharhinus

Species

Carcharhinus melanopterus

Distribution

Not available

Source reference

Fishes from Territorial Saudi Red Sea Waters

Ministry of Agriculture, Deputy Ministry for Fisheries Affairs, Fisheries Research Center – Jeddah · 2011

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Carcharhinus brevipinna

Maximum length: 157.6 cm

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Requiem sharks

Carcharhinus falciformis

Maximum length: 100 cm

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Requiem sharks

Carcharhinus limbatus

أبو ريشة سودا أبو صرايه سودا عرص

Maximum length: 142.7 cm

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