Carcharhinus longimanus

anglųA stocky shark with a huge, rounded 1st dorsal fin, and long, wide-tipped pectoral fins; snout bluntly rounded; upper teeth triangular; interdorsal ridge present (Ref. 5578). Back usually dark grey with a bronze tinge, sometimes brown or bluish; belly whitish, sometimes with a yellow tinge; tips off first dorsal, pectorals, and lower lobe of caudal often white or with white spots (sometimes absent); ventral surface of pelvic fins, apices of anal and second dorsal, and ventral lobe of caudal often with black spots; black or dusky saddle-marks in front of second dorsal, upper margin of caudal and between dorsal fins (especially in young) (Ref. 9997).

• Pterolamiops longimanus (Poey, 1861)
• Pterolamiops magnipinnis Smith, 1958
• Carcharias obtusus Garman, 1881
• Squalus maou Lesson, 1831
• Carcharhinus maou (Lesson, 1831)
• Squalus longimanus Poey, 1861
• Pterolamiops budkeri Fourmanoir, 1961
• Carcharias insularum Snyder, 1904
• Carcharias longimanus (Poey, 1861)
• Carcharinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)