CARCHARHINIDAE REQUIEM SHARKS

Phylum– Chordata

Class– Chondrichthyles

Subclass– Elasmobranchii

Order– Carcharhiniformes

Common Name– Ground Sharks

Requiem sharks are sharks of the family Carcharhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes. They are migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas, sometimes of brackish or fresh water. Most species are viviparous, where the young are born fully developed. Requiem sharks are responsible for a large proportion of attacks on humans, among the top five species.

The name may be related to the French word for shark, requin, which is itself of disputed etymology. One derivation of the latter is from Latin requiem (“rest”), which would thereby create a cyclic etymology (requiem-requin-requiem), but other sources derive it from the verb reschignier (“to grimace while baring teeth”).

Atlantic Sharpnose Shark– Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

Australian Blacktip Shark– Carcharhinus tilstoni

Australian Sharpnose Shark– Rhizoprionodon taylori

Bignose Shark– Carcharhinus altimus

Bizant River Shark– Glyphis sp. A some suggest it is the same as Glyphis glyphis

Blacknose Shark– Carcharhinus acronotus

Blackspot Shark– Carcharhinus sealei

Blacktip Shark– Carcharhinus limbatus

Blacktip Reef Shark– Carcharhinus melanopterus

Blue Shark– Prionace glauca

Borneo River Shark– Glyphis fowlerae

Borneo Shark– Carcharhinus borneensis

Broadfin Shark– Lamiopsis temminckii

Bronze Whaler or Copper Shark– Carcharhinus brachyurus

Brazilian Sharpnose Shark– Rhizoprionodon lalandi

Bull Shark– Carcharhinus leucas

Caribbean Reef Shark– Carcharhinus perezi

Caribbean Sharpnose Shark– Rhizoprionodon porosus

Creek Whaler– Carcharhinus fitzroyensis

Daggernose Shark– Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus

Dusky Shark– Carcharhinus obscurus

False Smalltail Shark– Carcharhinus sp. A

Finetooth Shark– Carcharhinus isodon

Galapagos Shark– Carcharhinus galapagensis

Ganges Shark– Glyphis gangeticus

Graceful Shark– Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides

Grey Reef Shark– Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

Grey Sharpnose Shark– Rhizoprionodon oligolinx

Hardnose Shark– Carcharhinus macloti

Irrawaddy River Shark– Glyphis siamensis

Lemon Shark– Negaprion brevirostris

Milk Shark– Rhizoprionodon acutus

Nervous shark– Carcharhinus cautus

New Guinea River Shark or Northern River Shark– Glyphis garricki

Night Shark– Carcharhinus signatus

Oceanic Whitetip Shark– Carcharhinus longimanus

Pacific Sharpnose Shark– Rhizoprionodon longurio

Pigeye or Java Shark– Carcharhinus amboinensis

Pondicherry Shark– Carcharhinus hemiodon

Sandbar Shark– Carcharhinus plumbeus

Sharptooth Lemon Shark or Sicklefin Lemon Shark– Negaprion acutidens

Silky Shark– Carcharhinus falciformis

Silvertip Shark– Carcharhinus albimarginatus

Sliteye Shark– Loxodon macrorhinus

Smalltail Shark– Carcharhinus porosus

Smoothtooth Blacktip Shark– Carcharhinus leiodon

Speartooth Shark– Glyphis glyphis Some suggest it is the same shark as Glyphis sp. A

Spadenose Shark– Scoliodon laticaudus

Spinner Shark– Carcharhinus brevipinna

Spottail Shark– Carcharhinus sorrah

Tiger Shark– Galeocerdo cuvier

Whitecheek Shark– Carcharhinus dussumieri

Whitenose Shark– Nasolamia velox

Whitetip Reef Shark– Triaenodon obesus