Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
– Lower Risk Near Threatened
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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CHONDRICHTHYES
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Order:
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CARCHARHINIFORMES
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Family:
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CARCHARHINIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
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Species Authority:
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(Bleeker, 1856)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | GRAY REEF SHARK, GREY REEF SHARK |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/nt ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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2000
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Assessor/s:
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Smale, M.J.
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Evaluator/s:
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Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This widespread social species was formerly common in clear tropical coastal waters and oceanic atolls. Its restricted habitat choice, site fidelity, inshore distribution, small litter size, relatively late age at maturity and increasing unmanaged fishing pressure suggests that this species may be under threat. More fisheries data are required. Although caught in tropical multi-species fisheries, it has considerably greater value if protected for dive tourism.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
American Samoa; Australia; British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago); Cambodia; Chile (Easter Is.); China; Christmas Island; Comoros; Cook Islands; Djibouti; Ecuador (Galápagos); Egypt; Eritrea; Fiji; French Polynesia (Marquesas, Tuamotu); Guam; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Israel; Jordan; Kenya; Kiribati; Macao; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Micronesia, Federated States of; Mozambique; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Zealand (Kermadec Is.); Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Pitcairn; Réunion; Samoa; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; Sudan; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Tuvalu; United States (Hawaiian Is.); United States Minor Outlying Islands (Johnston I., Wake Is.); Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Yemen
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FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
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Native:
Indian Ocean-eastern; Indian Ocean-western; Pacific-eastern central; Pacific-northwest; Pacific-western central
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Population
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
