Carcharhinus

Genus Carcharhinus Blainville 1816 - 35 extant species
Common name	Scientific name	Geographic range	Conservation status IUCN Red List	Length	Image
Blacknose shark	Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860)		Endangered	1.3 m (4.3 ft)
Silvertip shark	Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)		Vulnerable	2–2.5 m (6.6–8.2 ft) maximum 3 m (9.8 ft)
Bignose shark	Carcharhinus altimus (S. Springer, 1950)		Near threatened	2.7–2.8 m (8.9–9.2 ft) possibly 3 m (9.8 ft)
Graceful shark	Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)		Vulnerable	1.7 m (5.6 ft)
Grey reef shark	Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)		Endangered	Mostly less than 1.9 m (6.2 ft) maximum 2.6 m (8.5 ft)
Pigeye shark	Carcharhinus amboinensis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Vulnerable	1.9–2.5 m (6.2–8.2 ft) max. 2.8 m (9.2 ft)
Borneo shark	Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858)		Critically endangered	0.7 m (2.3 ft)
Copper shark	Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)		Vulnerable	3.3 m (11 ft)
Spinner shark	Carcharhinus brevipinna (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Vulnerable	2 m (6.6 ft) maximum 3 m (9.8 ft)
Nervous shark	Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945)		Least concern	1.0–1.3 m (3.3–4.3 ft) possibly 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Pacific smalltail shark	Carcharhinus cerdale (C. H. Gilbert, 1898)		Critically endangered	1.4 m (4.6 ft)
Australian blackspot shark	Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939)		Least concern	0.8 m (2.6 ft)
Whitecheek shark	Carcharhinus dussumieri (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Endangered	1 m (3.3 ft)
Silky shark	Carcharhinus falciformis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Vulnerable	2.5 m (8.2 ft) maximum 3.5 m (11 ft)
Creek whaler	Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943)		Least concern	1.0–1.3 m (3.3–4.3 ft) possibly 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Galapagos shark	Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)		Least concern	3 m (9.8 ft) maximum 3.3 m (11 ft)
Pondicherry shark	Carcharhinus hemiodon (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Critically endangered	1 m (3.3 ft)
Human's whaler shark	Carcharhinus humani (W. T. White & Weigmann, 2014)		Data deficient	0.8 m (2.6 ft)
Finetooth shark	Carcharhinus isodon (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Near threatened	1.6–1.7 m (5.2–5.6 ft) maximum 1.9 m (6.2 ft)
Smoothtooth blacktip shark	Carcharhinus leiodon (Garrick, 1985)		Endangered	1.2 m (3.9 ft)
Bull shark	Carcharhinus leucas (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Vulnerable	2.3–2.4 m (7.5–7.9 ft) maximum 3.5 m (11 ft)
Blacktip shark	Carcharhinus limbatus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Vulnerable	1.5 m (4.9 ft) maximum 2.8 m (9.2 ft)
Oceanic whitetip shark	Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)		Critically endangered	3 m (9.8 ft)
Hardnose shark	Carcharhinus macloti (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Near threatened	1.1 m (3.6 ft)
Blacktip reef shark	TCarcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)		Vulnerable	1.6 m (5.2 ft) maximum 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Dusky shark	Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)		Endangered	3.2 m (10 ft) maximum 4.2 m (14 ft)
Lost shark[4]	Carcharhinus obsolerus ( White, Kyne, & Harris, 2019)		Critically endangered (possibly extinct)	0.37–0.43 m (15–17 in) (juvenile length only)
Caribbean reef shark	Carcharhinus perezi (Poey, 1876)		Endangered	2–2.5 m (6.6–8.2 ft) maximum 3 m (9.8 ft)
Sandbar shark	Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)		Endangered	2–2.5 m (6.6–8.2 ft)
Smalltail shark	Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)		Critically endangered	0.9–1.1 m (3.0–3.6 ft) maximum 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Blackspot shark	Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)		Vulnerable	1 m (3.3 ft)
Night shark	Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)		Endangered	2 m (6.6 ft) maximum 2.8 m (9.2 ft)
Spot-tail shark	Carcharhinus sorrah (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)		Near threatened	1.6 m (5.2 ft)
Australian blacktip shark	Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950)		Least concern	1.5–1.8 m (4.9–5.9 ft) maximum 2 m (6.6 ft)
Indonesian whaler shark	Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852)		Vulnerable	0.9 m (3.0 ft)

^T Type species

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