Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes 1839)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346879
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scientific name	Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes 1839)
status

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Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes 1839) View in CoL —Blacktip shark

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle 1841) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 9); subsequently recorded as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes 1841) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 51). Recent unpublished records from Naqoura ( 21 October 2011) and Tripoli ( 18 July 2013).

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NT: 1 October 2005); Med. (DD: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. High priority for conservation action.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Carcharhiniformes
Family	Carcharhinidae
Genus	Carcharhinus

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