Carcharhinus limbatus

ingliseA stout shark with a long, narrow, pointed snout, long gill slits and erect, narrow-cusped upper teeth; first dorsal fin high; no interdorsal ridge (Ref. 5578). Dark grey, ashy blue or dusky bronze on back, belly white or yellowish white; a dark band extending rearward along each side to about over origin of pelvic fin; tips of pelvic fins with a persistent black spot; tips of dorsal fins, pectoral fins, anal, and lower lobe of caudal fin usually black or dusky in young individuals, fading with growth (Ref. 9997).

• Carcharias limbatus Müller & Henle, 1839
• Carcharias microps Lowe, 1841
• Gymnorhinus abbreviatus (Klunzinger, 1871)
• Carcharias ehrenbergi Klunzinger, 1871
• Carcharias abbreviatus Klunzinger, 1871
• Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann, 1903
• Carcharias maculipinna Günther, 1868
• Carcharias aethalorus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
• Carcharhinus natator Meek & Hildebrand, 1923
• Carcharias muelleri Steindachner, 1867
• Eulamia pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
• Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852
• Carcharinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)