Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

White, William T., 2012, A redescription of Carcharhinus dussumieri and C. sealei, with resurrection of C. coatesi and C. tjutjot as valid species (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae), Zootaxa 3241, pp. 1-34 : 3

Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

Type species. Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 , under suspension of the Rules by the ICZN, Opinion 723, 1965, Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 22: 32.

SPECIES. Carcharhinus includes at least 33 nominal species: C. acronotus ( Poey, 1860) , C. albimarginatus ( Rüppell, 1837) , C. altimus ( Springer, 1950) , C. amblyrhynchoides ( Whitley, 1934) , C. amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) , C. amboinensis ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. borneensis ( Bleeker, 1858) , C. brachyurus ( Günther, 1870) , C. brevipinna ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. cautus ( Whitley, 1945) , C. cerdale Gilbert, 1898 , C. coatesi ( Whitley, 1939) , C. dussumieri ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. falciformis ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. fitzroyensis ( Whitley, 1943) , C. galapagensis ( Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) , C. hemiodon ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. isodon ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. leiodon Garrick, 1985 , C. leucas ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. limbatus ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. longimanus (Poey, 1861) , C. macloti ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. melanopterus ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) , C. obscurus ( Lesueur, 1818) , C. perezi ( Poey, 1876) , C. plumbeus ( Nardo, 1827) , C. porosus ( Ranzani, 1839) , C. sealei ( Pietschmann, 1913) , C. signatus ( Poey, 1868) , C. sorrah ( Müller & Henle, 1839) , C. tilstoni ( Whitley, 1950) , C. tjutjot ( Bleeker, 1852) ; and about two undescribed species, C. sp. A [sensu Compagno et al., 2005] and C. sp. (this paper). The inclusion of C. wheeleri Garrick, 1982 and C. acarenatus Moreno & Hoyos, 1983 as valid species in Voigt & Weber (2011) needs to be further examined and confirmed.

Comparative material. Carcharhinus sp.: CSIRO H 6891–01 (jaws, and pectoral and first dorsal fins only), male 731 mm TL, Fahaheel fish market, Kuwait City, 29°04.75’ N, 48°08.57’ E, 17th April 2008, collected by A. Moore.