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Carcharhinidae
silvertip shark
Carcharhinus albimarginatus
White edged fins around offshore island reefs
- Silver
- White
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Silver
Tropical
Africa
Fusiform
Largesilvertip shark is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 300 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Ground Sharks
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Genus
- Carcharhinus
- Maximum length
- 300 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa, including Madagascar, Seychelles, Aldabra Group, Mauritius and the Chagos Archipelago east to Tuamotu Is., north to Japan and south to Australia (Ref. 244 ). Not confirmed in west Atlantic (Ref. 58085 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
