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Nomenclature Table

RFE LinkFDA - SL Market Name
FDA - SL Common Name
FDA - SL Scientific Name
RFE 2 Letter Code
RFE 8 Letter Code		FDA - SL Vernacular NamesAFS Common Name
AFS Scientific Name
AFS Other Names
AFS Synonyms		FAO Scientific Name
FAO Species Code
FAO Common Name English
FAO Common Name French
FAO Common Name Spanish		FAO Synonyms






Blacktip SharkFDA-SL Market Name: Shark
FDA-SL Common Name: Blacktip Shark
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Carcharhinus limbatus
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: bt
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: carclimb		Vernac. 1) Small Blacktip Shark
Vernac. 2) Grey Shark
Vernac. 3) Soupfin






AFS Common Name: Blacktip Shark
AFS Sci. Name: Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1841)
AFS Other Names:   N.A.

AFS Synonyms:   N.A.		FAO Sci. Name: Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
FAO Species Code: CARCH Carch 7
FAO Common English: Blacktip shark
FAO Common French: Requin bordé
FAO Common Spanish: Tiburón macuira		FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Carcharias (Prionodon) limbatus Valenciennes, in Muüller & Henle, 1839,
syst.Beschr.Plagiost., (2):49, pl. 19 (teeth only).
Holotype: Type series (2 specimens) in Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, both lost?
Type Locality: Martinique.

FAO Synonyms: Carcharias microps Lowe, 1840;
Carcharias (Prionodon) pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852;
Carcharias (Prionodon) muelleri Steindachner, 1867;
(not Carcharias (Physodon) meulleri Valenciennes, in Müller & Henle, 1839 = Scoliodon audus);
?Carcharias maculipinna Günther, 1868
(not Isogomphodon maculipinnis Poey, 1865 = Carcharhinus brevipinna);
Carcharias ehrenbergi Klunzinger, 1871;
Carcharias aethlorus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882;
Gymnorhinus or Gymnorrhinus abbreviatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899;
Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Gilbert, 1903;
Carcharhinus natator Meek & Hildebrand, 1923;
Galeolamna pleurotaenia tilsoni Whitley, 1950.

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fillet ImageBlacktip Shark
Carcharhinus limbatus
Shark		AWestern Atlantic: Maine to southern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Eastern Atlantic: Madeira, Mediterannean, Canary Islands, Senegal to Zaire. Indo-West Pacific: S. Africa, Madagascar, Red Sea to India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand,. China, including Taiwan, Philippines, Java, Borneo, Australia (Queensland, West Australia, North Territory), New Ginea, New Caledonia. Central Pacific: Tahiti, Marquesas, Hawaiian Islands. Eastern Pacific: Southern Baja California to Peru, Revillagedo and Galapagos Islands.
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