Carcharhinus melanopterus

ingliseA small shark with a short, bluntly rounded snout, oval eyes, and narrow-cusped teeth; 2nd dorsal fin large; no interdorsal ridge (Ref. 5578). Yellow-brown above, white below; all fins conspicuous with black or dark brown tips also anterior and posterior dark edging on pectoral fins and upper lobe of caudal fin; a prominent black tip of first dorsal fin set off abruptly by a light band below it; a conspicuous dark band on flanks, extending rearward to pelvic fins (Ref. 9997).

• Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
• Carcharias playfairii Günther, 1870
• Squalus ustus Duméril, 1824
• Squalus carcharias minor Forsskål, 1775
• Carcharinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Squalus commersonii Blainville, 1816
• Hypoprion playfairi (Günther, 1870)
• Carcharhinus melanoptures (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Carcharias marianensis Engelhardt, 1912
• Carcharias commersoni (Blainville, 1816)
• Carcharias elegans Ehrenberg, 1871
• Carcharinus melanoptera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)