Species · Common Blacktip Shark

Images

Reference image

Distribution

Classification

Rank

SPECIES

Domain

ANIMAL

Scientific name

Carcharhinus limbatus

Also known as

German

Kleiner Schwarzspitzenhai

Norwegian

Carcharhinus limbatus

Swedish

Carcharhinus limbatus

Russian

Чернопёрая акула

Portuguese

Tubarão-de-pontas-negras

Korean

Carcharhinus limbatus

Italian

Squalo orlato

French

Requin bordé

Chinese

黑邊鰭真鯊

Spanish

Tiburón puntas negras

Arabic

قرش أسود الطرف

Japanese

カマストガリザメ

Polish

żarłacz czarnopłetwy

Danish

Sorttippet haj

Turkish

Carcharhinus limbatus

Dutch

Zwartpunthaai

Taxonomy

• Species Biota
• Kingdom Tier
• Phylum Chordata
• Phylum Vertebrata
• Phylum Kiefermäuler
• Species Chondrichthyes
• Class Plattenkiemer
• Class Neoselachii
• Class Hai
• Order Grundhaie
• Family Carcharhinidae
• Genus Carcharhinus
• Species Common Blacktip Shark

Description

species of fish

Fact sheet

Conservation status

Near Threatened IUCN Red List

Danger to humans

potentially dangerous

traumatogenic

Lifespan

12.0 years

Weight

122.8 kg

Length

1.5 – 2.9 m

Visibility

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External sources

• Wikipedia Editor-curated species articles, typically with photos, habitat and distribution
• Wikidata Structured knowledge base — source of Q-IDs, images, range maps and traits
• iNaturalist Citizen-science platform with worldwide sightings, taxonomy and common names
• WoRMS World Register of Marine Species — authoritative taxonomy for marine organisms
• FishBase Global database for fishes only — size, biology, occurrence
• IUCN Red List List of globally threatened animal and plant species published by the IUCN