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Carcharhiniformes

Carcharhiniformes is an order in the class Elasmobranchii. This database currently files 398 species under it, 11 of them threatened.

Species filed
398
Threatened
11
Countries recorded
0
With a free photo
3%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Carcharhiniformes?

24 families filed directly under this order.

  1. Pentanchidae

    blackmouth catshark, hoary cat shark, japanese catshark, longhead catshark …

    100 species
  2. Carcharhinidae

    blue shark, bull shark, oceanic whitetip shark, blacktip reef shark …

    96 species
  3. Scyliorhinidae

    dogfish, nurse, dog fish, swell shark …

    81 species
  4. Triakidae

    school shark, leopard shark, smoothhound, sweet william …

    53 species
  5. Sphyrnidae

    smooth hammerhead, great hammerhead, arrowhead, hammerhead shark …

    21 species
  6. Hemigaleidae

    fossil shark, sickelfin weasel shark, weasel shark, hooktooth shark …

    15 species
  7. Proscylliidae

    pygmy ribbontail catshark, graceful catshark, harlequin catshark, Proscyllium venustum …

    8 species
  8. Dichichthyidae

    roughback bristle shark, whitetip catshark, beige catshark, blackgill catshark …

    5 species
  9. Galeocerdonidae

    tiger shark, Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo clarkensis, Galeocerdo eaglesomei …

    5 species
  10. Pseudotriakidae

    sofa shark, gollumshark, sulu gollum shark, dwarf false catshark …

    5 species
  11. Leptochariidae

    barbeled houndshark, Leptocharias tunisiensis

    2 species
  12. Altusmirus

    Altusmirus triquetrus

    1 species
  13. Corysodon

    Corysodon cirinensis

    1 species
  14. Florenceodontidae

    Florenceodon johnyi

    1 species
  15. Fornicatus

    Fornicatus austriacus

    1 species
  16. Macrourogaleus

    Macrourogaleus hassei

    1 species
  17. Praeproscyllium

    Praeproscyllium oxonienis

    1 species
  18. Pseudoscyliorhinidae

    Diprosopovenator hilperti

    1 species
  19. Eogaleus

    0 species
  20. Palaeogaleus

    0 species
  21. Palaeoscylliidae

    0 species
  22. Pteroscyllium

    0 species
  23. Squatigaleus

    0 species
  24. Vectiscyllium

    0 species

Best-known members of Carcharhiniformes

Ranked by popularity score.

NT, Near Threatened
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)

Blue shark

Prionace glauca

Carcharhinidae

NT, Near Threatened
Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Galeocerdonidae

VU, Vulnerable
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

Bull shark

Carcharhinus leucas

Carcharhinidae

How threatened is Carcharhiniformes?

13 of 398 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
CRCritically Endangered323%
ENEndangered18%
VUVulnerable754%
NTNear Threatened215%

The 200 best-known species in Carcharhiniformes

Of 398 on file. Open this list in the browser to filter and sort it

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Blue sharkPrionace glaucaCarcharhinidaeNear ThreatenedNot recordedNot recorded
Tiger sharkGaleocerdo cuvierGaleocerdonidaeNear ThreatenedNot recordedNot recorded
Bull sharkCarcharhinus leucasCarcharhinidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
Oceanic whitetip sharkCarcharhinus longimanusCarcharhinidaeCritically EndangeredNot recordedNot recorded
Blacktip reef sharkCarcharhinus melanopterusCarcharhinidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
Smooth hammerheadSphyrna zygaenaSphyrnidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
Great hammerheadSphyrna mokarranSphyrnidaeCritically EndangeredNot recordedNot recorded
Grey reef sharkCarcharhinus amblyrhynchosCarcharhinidaeEndangeredNot recordedNot recorded
Blacktip sharkCarcharhinus limbatusCarcharhinidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
School sharkGaleorhinus galeusTriakidaeCritically EndangeredNot recordedNot recorded
Lemon sharkNegaprion brevirostrisCarcharhinidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
Silky sharkCarcharhinus falciformisCarcharhinidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
Whitetip reef sharkTriaenodon obesusCarcharhinidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
DogfishScyliorhinus caniculaScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bignose sharkCarcharhinus altimusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Silvertip sharkCarcharhinus albimarginatusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Grey sharkCarcharhinus obscurusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sand sharkCarcharhinus plumbeusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
ArrowheadEusphyra blochiiSphyrnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hammerhead sharkSphyrna lewiniSphyrnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Leopard sharkTriakis semifasciataTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Java sharkCarcharhinus amboinensisCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
BronzieCarcharhinus brachyurusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dusky sharkCarcharhinus galapagensisCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blacknose sharkCarcharhinus acronotusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
NurseScyliorhinus stellarisScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
BonnetheadSphyrna tiburoSphyrnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lemon sharkNegaprion acutidensCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
School sharkCarcharhinus sorrahCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
SmoothhoundMustelus mustelusTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ganges sharkGlyphis gangeticusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fish sharkRhizoprionodon acutusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Borneo sharkCarcharhinus borneensisCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spinner sharkCarcharhinus brevipinnaCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hardnose sharkCarcharhinus maclotiCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Barbeled houndsharkLeptocharias smithiiLeptochariidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blackmouth catsharkGaleus melastomusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitecheek sharkCarcharhinus dussumieriCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Night sharkCarcharhinus signatusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
SmalleyeSphyrna tudesSphyrnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Graceful sharkCarcharhinus amblyrhynchoidesCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Finetooth sharkCarcharhinus isodonCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blacktip sharkCarcharhinus tilstoniCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sliteye sharkLoxodon macrorhinusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spadenose sharkScoliodon laticaudusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dog fishAtelomycterus marmoratusScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pondicherry sharkCarcharhinus hemiodonCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
TolloCarcharhinus porosusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sweet WilliamMustelus asteriasTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Nervous sharkCarcharhinus cautusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Creek whalerCarcharhinus fitzroyensisCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smoothtooth blacktipCarcharhinus leiodonCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blackspot sharkCarcharhinus sealeiCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Speartooth sharkGlyphis glyphisCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fossil sharkHemipristis elongataHemigaleidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Broadfin sharkLamiopsis temminckiiCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sofa sharkPseudotriakis microdonPseudotriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Atlantic sharpnose sharkRhizoprionodon terraenovaeCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Swell sharkCephaloscyllium ventriosumScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Happy EddieHaploblepharus edwardsiiScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitenose sharkNasolamia veloxCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cloudy catsharkScyliorhinus torazameScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Gummy sharkMustelus canisTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Moses smoothhoundMustelus mosisTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pyjama sharkPoroderma africanumScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sharpnose sharkRhizoprionodon porosusCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Chain dogfishScyliorhinus retiferScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blotchy swell sharkCephaloscyllium umbratileScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Northern river sharkGlyphis garrickiCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brazilian sharpnose sharkRhizoprionodon lalandiiCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
ScoopheadSphyrna mediaSphyrnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hoary cat sharkApristurus canutusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Japanese catsharkApristurus japonicusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longhead catsharkApristurus longicephalusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Flathead catsharkApristurus macrorhynchusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lollipop sharkCephalurus cephalusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
GollumsharkGollum attenuatusPseudotriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sickelfin weasel sharkHemigaleus australiensisHemigaleidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
FlakeMustelus antarcticusTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Starspotted smooth-houndMustelus manazoTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Leopard sharkPoroderma pantherinumScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Grey sharpnose sharkRhizoprionodon oligolinxCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Taylors sharkRhizoprionodon tayloriCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
DogfishScyliorhinus capensisScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Crown sharkSphyrna coronaSphyrnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Banded houndsharkTriakis scylliumTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smallbelly catsharkApristurus indicusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bigfin catsharkApristurus platyrhynchusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Saldanha catsharkApristurus saldanhaPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
FlopgutsCephaloscyllium laticepsScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pygmy ribbontail catsharkEridacnis radcliffeiProscylliidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Antilles catsharkGaleus antillensisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longfin sawtail cat sharkGaleus cadenatiPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
African sawtail catsharkGaleus polliPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Weasel sharkHemigaleus microstomaHemigaleidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Japanese topesharkHemitriakis japanicaTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bigeye houndsharkIago omanensisTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spotless smooth-houndMustelus griseusTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pacific sharpnose sharkRhizoprionodon longurioCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Nurse houndScyliorhinus cervigoniScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Freckled cat sharkScyliorhinus haeckeliiScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blotched catsharkScyliorhinus meadiScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitish catsharkApristurus albisomaPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
White ghost catsharkApristurus aphyodesPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longfin catsharkApristurus herklotsiPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Broadnose catsharkApristurus investigatorisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longnose catsharkApristurus kampaePentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smallfin cat sharkApristurus parvipinnisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Freckled catsharkApristurus sinensisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spotted dogfishAsymbolus analisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Gulf catsharkAsymbolus vincentiPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Indian swellsharkCephaloscyllium silasiScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hooktooth sharkChaenogaleus macrostomaHemigaleidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Atlantic sawtail catsharkGaleus atlanticusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Geko catsharkGaleus eastmaniPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Slender sawtail sharkGaleus gracilisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Southern sawtail catsharkGaleus mincaroneiPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mouse catsharkGaleus murinusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blacktip sawtail catsharkGaleus sauteriPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Irrawaddy river sharkGlyphis siamensisCarcharhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blackspotted catsharkHalaelurus buergeriPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Tiger catsharkHalaelurus natalensisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pretty happyHaploblepharus pictusScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Filetail cat sharkParmaturus xaniurusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brownspotted catsharkScyliorhinus garmaniScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitesaddled catsharkScyliorhinus hesperiusScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitefin hammerheadSphyrna couardiSphyrnidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
TolloTriakis acutipinnaTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spotted SpeareyeTriakis megalopterusTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Roughskin catsharkApristurus amplicepsPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pinocchio catsharkApristurus australisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pale catsharkApristurus exsanguisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Humpback catsharkApristurus gibbosusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Shortnose demon catsharkApristurus internatusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Iceland catsharkApristurus laurussoniiPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Broadmouth catsharkApristurus macrostomusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ghost catsharkApristurus manisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smalleye catsharkApristurus micropsPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fat catsharkApristurus pinguisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Deepsea cat sharkApristurus profundorumPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Broadgill catsharkApristurus riveriPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pale catsharkApristurus sibogaePentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spongehead catsharkApristurus spongicepsPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blotched catsharkAsymbolus funebrisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Marbled catsharkAtelomycterus macleayiScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spotless catsharkBythaelurus immaculatusScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mud catsharkBythaelurus lutariusScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Reticulate swell sharkCephaloscyllium fasciatumScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
SnakeyFurgaleus mackiTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Marbled cat sharkGaleus araePentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Broadfin sawtail catsharkGaleus nipponensisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Peppered catsharkGaleus piperatusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dwarf sawtail catsharkGaleus schultziPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Springer’s sawtail catsharkGaleus springeriPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sailback houndsharkGogolia filewoodiTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Speckled catsharkHalaelurus boesemaniPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lined catsharkHalaelurus lineatusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Quagga catsharkHalaelurus quaggaPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Striped dogfishMustelus fasciatusTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitespot smoothhoundMustelus palumbesTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Narrownose smoothhoundMustelus schmittiTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Straight-tooth weasel sharkParagaleus tengiHemigaleidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Onefin catsharkPentanchus profundicolusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Graceful catsharkProscyllium habereriProscylliidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Slender cat sharkSchroederichthys tenuisScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Boa cat sharkScyliorhinus boaScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Comoro catsharkScyliorhinus comoroensisScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cuban catsharkScyliorhinus torreiScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Flapnose houndsharkScylliogaleus queckettiTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spotted houndsharkTriakis maculataTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brown catsharkApristurus brunneusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bighead catsharkApristurus bucephalusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Stout catsharkApristurus fedoroviPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smalldorsal catsharkApristurus micropterygeusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Largenose catsharkApristurus nasutusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Panama ghost catsharkApristurus stenseniPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spotted cat sharkAsymbolus occiduusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dwarf catsharkAsymbolus parvusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Rusty catsharkAsymbolus rubiginosusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Banded catsharkAtelomycterus fasciatusScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Arabian catsharkBythaelurus alcockiiScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bristly catsharkBythaelurus hispidusScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitefin swellsharkCephaloscyllium albipinnumScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Reticulate swellsharkCephaloscyllium hiscosellumScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Harlequin catsharkCtenacis fehlmanniProscylliidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Banded sharkFigaro boardmaniScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longnose sawtail catsharkGaleus longirostrisPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Natal shysharkHaploblepharus kistnasamyiScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ornate topesharkHemitriakis complicofasciataTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pencil sharkHypogaleus hyugaensisTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smalleye smoothhoundMustelus higmaniTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Speckled smoothhoundMustelus mentoTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dwarf smoothhoundMustelus minicanisTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blackspotted smoothhoundMustelus punctulatusTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Humpback smoothhounMustelus whitneyiTriakidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Little tiger sharkParagaleus pectoralisHemigaleidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Salamander sharkParmaturus pilosusPentanchidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Chilean catsharkSchroederichthys chilensisScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Narrowtail cat sharkSchroederichthys maculatusScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lizard catsharkSchroederichthys saurisqualusScyliorhinidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded