Carcharhinus melanopterus
– 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 melanopterus
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Species Authority:
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(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | BLACKTIP 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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Heupel, M.
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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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A common and wide-ranging species of the Indo-West Pacific and Central Pacific. Commonly found in shallow waters on and near coral reefs and occasionally in brackish waters. Regularly caught by inshore fisheries and vulnerable to depletion because of its small litter sizes and long gestation periods.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
American Samoa; Australia; Bahrain; Bangladesh; British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago); Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Comoros; Cook Islands; Cyprus; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Fiji; French Polynesia (Marquesas, Tuamotu); Guam; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati; Kuwait; Lebanon; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Macao; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius (Rodrigues); Micronesia, Federated States of; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Qatar; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Syrian Arab Republic; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Tokelau; Tonga; Tunisia; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates; United States (Hawaiian Is.); United States Minor Outlying Islands (Johnston I., Wake Is.); Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Wallis and Futuna
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FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
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Native:
Indian Ocean-eastern; Indian Ocean-western; Mediterranean and Black Sea; 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
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System:
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Marine
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List of Habitats:
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| 9.1 | Marine Neritic - Pelagic |
| 9.8 | Marine Neritic - Coral Reef |
| 10.1 | Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m) |
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Threats
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List of Threats:
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| 3 | Harvesting (hunting/gathering) (ongoing) |
| 9.2 | Intrinsic factors - Poor recruitment/reproduction/regeneration (ongoing) |
| 9.7 | Intrinsic factors - Slow growth rates (ongoing) |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. No. 125, vol. 4. Shark Specialist Group. 2000. IUCN Shark Specialist Group Red List Assessments, 2000 (unpublished report). Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.
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