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Carcharhinus limbatus Caraibische zwartpunthaai🦈

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SpeciesCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae
Sharks & rays

🦈Blacktip shark

Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)

黑邊鰭真鯊（學名：Carcharhinus limbatus），又名黑邊鰭白眼鮫、黑梢真鯊，是一種體型較大的鯊魚，為軟骨魚綱真鯊目真鯊科的其中一種，被IUCN列為易危保育類動物，是熱帶及溫帶海洋的大陸棚及島基台的住民。

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Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
68 kg
Body length
1.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
12 years
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Everything we know about the Blacktip shark

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Body mass
68 kgrecord 123 kg · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1.5 mrecord 2.86 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
12 yearsrecord 12 years · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 5
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.37
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.37 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
traumatogenic
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
68 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

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

Not recorded for Blacktip shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyCarcharhinidae
  6. ›genusCarcharhinus
  7. ›speciesCarcharhinus limbatus
Full lineage
  1. subphylumVertebrata
  2. superclassGnathostomata
  3. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  4. subclassElasmobranchii
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
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鯊仔 (zh), Kleiner Schwarzspitzenhai (de), tauró de puntes negres (ca), žralok černocípý (cs), Carcharhinus limbatus (el), Carcharhinus limbatus (es) … and 20 more languages
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