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View Mode View All Pictures Species Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)    Carcharhinus melanopterus was originally described as Carcharias melanopterus by Quoy & Gaimard in 1824. It belongs to the family Carcharhinidae. It is commonly known as Blacktip reef shark but has many other common names such as Blacktip reef shark in Australia, Tsumaguro in Japan, Black-tip reef shark in Papua New Guinea, Lodlod in Philippines, Swartvin-rifhaai in South Africa, Blacktip reef shark in South Africa. more common names It is found in Fresh, Brackish and Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   melanopterus AuthorWI   Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] AuthorNI   Quoy & Gaimard Qualification   --- Year   1824 Status   Valid Class   Chondrichthyes Chondrichthyes Order   Carcharhiniformes Carcharhiniformes Family   Carcharhinidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Carcharhinus Subgenus   --- Class   Chondrichthyes Order   Carcharhiniformes Family   Carcharhinidae Genus   Carcharhinus Original Name   Carcharias         Taxon Name   melanopterus Original Combination   Carcharias melanopterus Original Genus   Carcharias Original Genus Species   Carcharias melanopterus OriginalSubGenus   Carcharias Original Author   Quoy & Gaimard Original AuthorWI   Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1824 Original Family   Carchariidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   [Waigiou] Pulau Waigeo, Papua Barat, Indonesia, Western Pacific. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Bertin 1939:70 [ref. 20739] as holotype (MNHN 1129, figured) and paratypes; MNHN 1129 designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:1055 [ref. 23416] to conform to ICZN Code. Primary Code   --- Primary Type   MNHN 0000-1129 Page   194 Illustrations   Pl. 43 (figs. 1-2) SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Carcharhinus melanopterus Current Species melanopterus Current Genus Carcharhinus Current AuthorWI Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] Current AuthorNI Quoy & Gaimard Current Year 1824 Current Family Carcharhinidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat freshwater, brackish, marine.         Water Fresh, Brackish and Salt water Depth Range From 0 to 75 meters.     Current Summary   Valid as Carcharhinus melanopterus  (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Carcharhinidae.   Name History   •Valid as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Compagno 1973:23 [ref. 7163], Garrick 1982:96 [ref. 5454], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:108 [ref. 13675], Dor 1984:6 [ref. 29757], Compagno 1984:487 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:6 [ref. 6441], Bass et al. 1986:75 [ref. 5638], Allen & Swainston 1988:22 [ref. 25477], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:224 [ref. 36138], Paxton et al. 1989:78 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:4 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:20 [ref. 15987], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:18 [ref. 20764], Last & Stevens 1994:250 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:2 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:33 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:63 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:42 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:343 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:14 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:20 [ref. 25919], Compagno & Niem 1998:1343 [ref. 23787], Yano & Morrissey 1999:193 [ref. 23887], Myers 1999:34 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:20 [ref. 24106], Morón et al. 1999:147 [ref. 24253], Mishra et al. 1999:82 [ref. 25315], Johnson 1999:719 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:483 [ref. 25589], Randall 1999:5 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:138 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:580 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:92 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:5 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:14 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:14 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:138 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:21 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S92 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:609 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:67 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:5 [ref. 27624], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:30 [ref. 27735], Heemstra 2004:3337 [ref. 27945], Golani 2005:10 [ref. 37112], Compagno et al. 2005:39 [ref. 29145], Mundy 2005:91 [ref. 28379], Randall 2005:13 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:102 [ref. 29001], Fricke et al. 2007:14 [ref. 29533], Randall 2007:33 [ref. 30952], Fricke 2008:9 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:9 [ref. 30213], Last el al. 2010:106 [ref. 32461], Fricke et al. 2011:345 [ref. 31242], Voigt & Weber 2011:82 [ref. 31424], Moore et al. 2012:9 [ref. 31771], Psomadakis et al. 2012:14 [ref. 33457], White 2012:3 [ref. 31843], Allen & Erdmann 2012:56 [ref. 31980], Yamashita et al. 2012:124 [ref. 32408], Naylor et al. 2012:24 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Fricke et al. 2013:250 [32706], Larson et al. 2013:10 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:21 [ref. 32989], Ebert et al. 2013:333 [ref. 33045], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:83 [ref. 34104], Weigmann 2016:22 [ref. 34211], Motomura et al. 2017:21 [ref. 35490], White et al. 2017:154 [ref. 35860], Ali et al. 2018:301 [ref. 36183], Ehemann et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:14 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:11 [ref. 36273], Kumar et al. 2018:296 [ref. 36178], White & Ko'ou 2018:36 [ref. 35922], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:84 [ref. 37302], Eagderi et al. 2019:5 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:41 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:59 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:177 [ref. 37272]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 6 (139 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23456 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   abbreviatus Carcharhinus abbreviatus (Klunzinger [C. B.] (ex Ehrenberg) 1871) Synonym acarenatus Carcharhinus acarenatus Moreno [J. A.] & Hoyos [A.] 1983 Valid acronotus Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey [F.] 1860) Valid aethalorus Carcharhinus aethalorus (Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882) Synonym ahenea Carcharhinus ahenea (Stead [D. G.] 1938) Synonym albimarginatus Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1837) Valid altimus Carcharhinus altimus (Springer [S.] 1950) Valid amblyrhinchos Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos (Bleeker [P.] 1856) Synonym amblyrhynchoides Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley [G. P.] 1934) Valid amblyrhynchos Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker [P.] 1856) Valid amblyrhynchus Carcharhinus amblyrhynchus (Bleeker [P.] 1856) Synonym amboinensis Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1839) Valid atripinna Carcharhinus atripinna (Chu [Y.-T.] 1960) Synonym atrodorsus Carcharhinus atrodorsus Deng [S.-M.], Xiong [G.-Q.] & Zhan [H.-X.] 1981 Synonym azureus Carcharhinus azureus (Gilbert [C. H.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904) Synonym bigelowi Carcharhinus bigelowi (Cadenat [J.] 1956) Synonym bleekeri Carcharhinus bleekeri (Duméril [A. H. A.] 1865) Synonym bogimba Carcharhinus bogimba (Whitley [G. P.] 1943) Synonym borneensis Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker [P.] 1858) Valid borneensis Carcharhinus borneensis (Seale [A.] 1910) Synonym brachyrhynchos Carcharhinus brachyrhynchos (Bleeker [P.] 1859) Synonym brachyrrhynchus Carcharhinus brachyrrhynchus (Philippi [R. A.] 1887) In family brachyurus Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther [A.] 1870) Valid brevipina Carcharhinus brevipina (Valenciennes [A.] 1839) Synonym brevipinna Carcharhinus brevipinna (Valenciennes [A.] 1839) Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 6 (139 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]23456 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…