🦈Blacktip reef shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

A feketeúszójú szirticápa vagy feketefoltos cápa (Carcharhinus melanopterus) a porcos halak (Chondrichthyes) osztályának kékcápaalakúak (Carcharhiniformes) rendjébe, ezen belül a kékcápafélék (Carcharhinidae) családjába tartozó faj. A Carcharhinus cápanem típusfaja.

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Conservation status

VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing

Key measurements

Body mass: not recorded
Body length: 2 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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Everything we know about the Blacktip reef shark

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length

2 mmaximum recorded

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Trophic level

3.94

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Diet

carnivoreaverage

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From trophic level 3.94 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans

traumatogenic

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average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Blacktip reef shark yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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大沙 (zh), Tubarão-de-pontas-negras-do-recife (pt), Žralok čiernohrotý (sk), Мальгашская ночная акула (ru), Requin à pointes noires (fr), Carcharhinus melanopterus (es) … and 23 more languages

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