Carcharhinus albimarginatus
tiburón de puntas blancas, tiburon de punta plateada., Silvertip shark
Dark silver- gray on back fading white underside. Snout somewhat rounded. Size: To about 3 m
Habitat: Open water around islands
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Carcharhinus
Species
albimarginatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Carcharhinus platyrhynchus (Gilbert, 1892), Carcharias albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837, Eulamia albimarginata (Rüppell, 1837), Eulamia platyrhynchus Gilbert, 1892, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Taxon origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Widespread in tropical, in the eastern Pacific most common around islands arising from submarine banks in southern California to Colombia, and Clipperton, Cocos, Las Tres Marias, Revillagigedos. Tropical Indo-Pacific. Southern Baja to Ecuado in Galápagos in Islands.
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