Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle 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.4346392
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scientific name	Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle 1839)
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Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle 1839) View in CoL —Silky shark

Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of two specimens landed in Sarafand (9 May 2017) and in Saida (15 September 2017) .

Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical seas (including Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf).

Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd, 26 September 2017); Med. (NE); CITES: Appendix II. Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. High priority for conservation action. Listed as exotic to the Mediterranean Sea ( Golani et al. 2002).

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Taxonomy

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

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