Carcharhinus

Carcharhinus Temporal range: 45–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene to Present
Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus)
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
Type species
Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Synonyms
Aprionodon Gill, 1861 Eulamia Gill, 1862 Galeolamna Owen, 1853 Gillisqualus Whitley, 1934 Hypoprion J. P. Müller and Henle, 1838 Platypodon Gill, 1862 Pterolamiops S. Springer, 1951 Uranga Whitley, 1943

Carcharhinus is the type genus of the family Carcharhinidae, the requiem sharks. One of 12 genera in its family, it contains over half of the species therein. It contains 35 species to date, with likely more species yet to be described.