Requiem Sharks - Family: Carcharhinidae
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Big-nose Shark - Carcharhinus altimus
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Pigeye Shark - Carcharhinus amboinensis
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Bronze Whaler - Carcharhinus brachyurus
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Spinner Shark - Carcharhinus brevipinna
Silky Shark - Carcharhinus falciformis
Galapagos Shark - Carcharhinus galapagensis (possible occurrence)
Bull Shark - Carcharhinus leucas
Common Black-tip Shark - Carcharhinus limbatus
Oceanic Black-tip Shark - Carcharhinus longimanus
Black-tip Reef Shark - Carcharhinus melanopterus
Dusky Whaler - Carcharhinus obscurus
Sandbar Shark - Carcharhinus plumbeus
Australian Black-tip Shark - Carcharhinus tilstoni
Sicklefin Lemon Shark - Negaprion acutidens
Blue Shark - Prionace glauca
White-tip Reef Shark - Triaenodon obesus
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes)
> Subclass: Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
> Infraclass: Selachii (Sharks)
> Superorder: Galeomorphi (Galean Sharks)
> Order: Carcharhiniformes (Ground Sharks)
> Family: Carcharinidae (Requiem Sharks)
> Genus: Carcharhinus (Typical Requiem Sharks)
> Species: C. altimus - Big-nose Shark
> Species: C. amboinensis - Pigeye Shark ^
> Species: C. brachyurus - Bronze Whaler
> Species: C. brevipinna - Spinner Shark
> Species: C. falciformis - Silky Shark
> Species: C. galapagensis - Galapagos Shark ^
> Species: C. leucas - Bull Shark
> Species: C. limbatus - Common Black-tip Shark
> Species: C. longimanus - Oceanic White-tip Shark
> Species: C. melanopterus - Black-tip Reef Shark
> Species: C. obscurus - Dusky Whaler
> Species: C. plumbeus - Sandbar Shark
> Species: C. tilstoni - Australian Black-tip Shark
> Genus: Negaprion (Lemon Sharks)
> Species: N. acutidens - Sicklefin Lemon Shark
> Genus: Prionace
> Species: P. glauca - Blue Shark
> Genus: Triaenodon
> Species: T. obesus - White-tip Reef Shark
^ = possibly
* = likely
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