Carcharhinus melanopterus, Blacktip reef shark : fisheries, aquarium

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Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Blacktip reef shark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Carcharhinus melanopterus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Carcharhinus melanopterus
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Elasmobranchii (haaien en roggen) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Carcharhinus: karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish);  melanopterus: melanos (Gr.), black; pterus, from pteron (Gr.), fin, referring to its black-tipped fins. (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie


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