Carcharhinus sorrah

A small, spindle-shaped shark with a long, rounded snout, large circular eyes, and oblique-cusped serrated teeth; 2nd dorsal fin very low; interdorsal ridge present (Ref. 5578). 2nd dorsal, pectorals and lower caudal lobe with dark tips; 1st dorsal with thin but conspicuous dark tip; pelvic fins and upper caudal lobe plain (Ref. 5485). Grey or grey-brown above, white below with a golden-brown sheen on the area between eyes and gill slits (in fresh specimens); pectorals, second dorsal, and lower caudal fin lobe with conspicuous black tips, first dorsal and upper caudal fin lobe with black edging (Ref. 9997). A dark band on flank extending rearwards to pelvic fins (Ref. 9997).

• Carcharias taeniatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899
• Carcharhinus spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
• Carcharias spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
• Galeolamna isobel Whitley, 1947
• Carcharias bleekeri Duméril, 1865
• Carcharinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
• Squalus spallanzani Péron & Lesueur, 1822
• Carcharhinus bleekeri (Duméril, 1865)
• Carcharias sorrah Müller & Henle, 1839
• Carcharius spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
• Eulamia spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)