Carcharhinidae

Indonesian Whaler

Carcharhinus tjutjot

Rescued from synonymy yet caught throughout Indo Pacific fisheries

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Southeast Asia
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The Indonesian whaler shark (Carcharhinus tjutjot) is a species of requiem shark belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. Until recently, it was thought to be a junior synonym of the whitecheek shark (C. dussumieri). The Indonesian whaler shark, along with the family Carcharhinidae, is a key economic group in global fisheries including commercial and small-scale fisheries within the Indo-Pacific region.