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
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346879
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes 1839)
status

Treatment

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 Recent unpublished records from Naqoura (21 October 2011) and Tripoli (18 July 2013).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.