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, Kaitan tutungan in Philippines, Swartvin-rifhaai in South Africa, Blackfin reef shark in South Africa. more common names It is found in Fresh, Brackish and Salt water and its distribution is Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group north to Taiwan, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. [No longer considered as present in the Mediterranean Sea -- (Fricke et al. 2007:14 [ref. 29533])].

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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	---

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	Odontaspididae
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


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Illustrations	Pl. 43 (figs. 1-2)


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Current Subspecies AuthorWI	---

Current Genus Species	Carcharhinus melanopterus
Current Species	melanopterus
Current Genus	Carcharhinus
Current AuthorWI	Blainville [H. de]
Current AuthorNI	Blainville
Current Year	1824
Current Family	Carcharhinidae
Current Subfamily	--- ---


Habitat	reef-associated
Water	Fresh, Brackish and Salt water

Depth Range	From 0 to 75 meters.


Distribution	Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group north to Taiwan, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. [No longer considered as present in the Mediterranean Sea -- (Fricke et al. 2007:14 [ref. 29533])].

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], 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], Bilecenoglu 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], Randall 2005:13 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:91 [ref. 28379], Compagno et al. 2005:39 [ref. 29145], Hoese et al. 2006:102 [ref. 29001], Fricke et al. 2007:14 [ref. 29533], Randall 2007:33 [ref. 30952], 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], 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]).