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Species Name:    Carcharhinus limbatus
Common Name:               (Black Tip Shark)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus



The Black Tip Shark, Carcharhinus limbatus.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish
 and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller and Henle, 1839)


Common Name:
Black Tip Shark