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Carcharhinidae is a family of sharks within the order Carcharhiniformes, class Elasmobranchii, and phylum Chordata. The taxon is commonly known as requiem sharks and falls under the kingdom Animalia. Its scientific name is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, and it is distinct from the family Hexanchidae. The family was described by Jordan & Evermann in 1896 and currently holds an accepted status in taxonomic records.
Members of this family inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Specimens have been recorded in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, with collections held at institutions including USNM, SDNHM, CM, and NHMUK. The taxon has a high occurrence count of 1,248,218, while a specific dataset lists 969 records and 93 media items.
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Species
requiem sharks
Carcharhinidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderCarcharhiniformes
- FamilyCarcharhinidae
Die Requiemhaie (Carcharhinidae) bilden eine zur Ordnung der Grundhaie (Carcharhiniformes) gehörige Familie von Haien (Selachii). Manchmal werden sie auch als Menschenhaie oder Grauhaie bezeichnet, obwohl letztere Bezeichnung auch für die Familie der Kammzähnerhaie gebraucht wird, oder sie werden nach dem Namen der Ordnung Grundhaie genannt. Requiemhaie kommen weltweit in allen Meeresgewässern der tropischen und gemäßigten Breiten vor und finden sich auch im Brackwasser, zum Beispiel vor Flussmündungen, und Süßwasser. Ihr wissenschaftlicher Name leitet sich aus dem Griechischen von karcharos, „scharf“ und rhis (Genitiv rhinos), „Nase“ ab. Der jetzige deutsche Name stammt aus dem Amerikanischen, durch Volksetymologie vom französischen Wort requin für „Hai“.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 969
- With media
- 93
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Collections
- USNM, SDNHM, CM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, France, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Carcharhiniformes
- Image
- Carcharhinus albimarginatus-shark.jpg
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- Commons category
- Carcharhinidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Carcharhinidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Carcharhinidae
- taxon common name
- blåhaifamilien
- different from
- Hexanchidae
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Encyclopedic overview
Requiem sharks are members in the family Carcharhinidae. They are migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas (sometimes of Brackish water or fresh water) and include such species as the blacktip shark, bull shark, lemon shark, nervous shark, and whitetip reef shark.
Family members have the usual carcharhiniform characteristics. Their eyes are round, and one or two gill slits fall over the pectoral fin base. All species are viviparous, the young being born fully developed. They vary widely in size, from as small as 69 cm (2.26 ft) adult length in the Australian sharpnose shark, up to 4 m (13 ft) adult length in the oceanic whitetip shark. Scientists assume that the size and shape of their pectoral fins have the right dimensions to minimize transport cost. Requiem sharks tend to live in more tropical areas, but tend to migrate. Females release a chemical in the ocean in order to let the males know they are ready to mate. Typical mating time for these sharks is around spring to autumn.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carcharhinidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.