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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Grey or grey-brown on dorsal surface, white or cream below, with a conspicuous band of white on sides from pelvic fins to first dorsal fin; pectoral, dorsal and pelvic fins, and ventral lobe of caudal fin black or dusky-tipped, sometimes inconspicuously (Ref. 9997).

Common Names

  • قِرش نحيف , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Sierlijke haai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Graceful shark , English , Australia
  • Graceful shark , English , Malaysia
  • Graceful shark , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Graceful shark , English , Global
  • Grey reef shark , English , Maldives
  • Queensland shark , English , Australia
  • Queensland shark , English , Indonesia
  • Queensland shark , English , Malaysia
  • Sire hallhai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Requin gracile , French , Global
  • Cucut lanjaman , Javanese , Indonesia
  • Yu , Malay , Malaysia
  • Yu jalur putih , Malay , Malaysia
  • Yu sirip hitam , Malay , Malaysia
  • Thila miyaru , Maldivian , Maldives
  • 侧条真鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 側條真鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鈍吻真鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 钝吻真鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 钝吻真鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tiburón grácil , Spanish , Spain
  • Pating , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Chalarm Nah-moo , Thai , Thailand

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Carcharhiniformes

    Family: Carcharhinidae

    Genus: Carcharhinus

    Species: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    A little-known inshore, coastal pelagic species (Ref. 9997). Feeds mainly on fishes, also takes crustaceans and cephalopods (Ref. 6871). Viviparous (Ref. 50449). Probably taken in fisheries where it occurs (Ref. 9997). Utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption; fins used in the oriental shark fin trade; liver oil processed for vitamins (Ref. 9997).

    Habitat

    neritic