Carcharhinus limbatus
tiburón punta negra, tiburón macuira, tiburón volador, Blacktip shark
Black tips and edging fade with age and may be indestinct, especieally on first dorsal. Silvery brown to gray on back, fanding to white underside. Size: Largest individual measured 2.55 m
Habitat: Prefer inshore waters and lagoons, cruise over rocky reefs, boulder strewn slopes and along walls. Occasionally large schools in surface water
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Suborder
Galeomorphi
Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Carcharhinus
Species
limbatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Carcharhinus natator Meek & Hildebrand, 1923, Carcharias abbreviatus Klunzinger, 1871, Carcharias aethalorus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882, Carcharias ehrenbergi Klunzinger, 1871, Carcharias limbatus Müller & Henle, 1839, Carcharias maculipinna Günther, 1868, Carcharias microps Lowe, 1841, Carcharias muelleri Steindachner, 1867, Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann, 1903, Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852, Eulamia pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1852), Gymnorhinus abbreviatus (Klunzinger, 1871), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Taxon origin: Native
Distribution: eastern Pacific; Widespread in tropical and subtropical Pacific; in the eastern Pacific from California and the lower Gulf of California to Peru, also Revillagigedos and Ecuador in the Galápagos Islands.
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