Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)

General data

Main name: Silky shark
Local names: Gray whaler shark, Sickle shark, , Sickle-shaped shark , Sickle silk shark, Olive shark, Ridgeback shark, Sickle shark, Shark, Olive shark, Grey whaler shark, Gray reef shark
Climates: Tropical, Subtropical
Habitat: Saltwater
Native: Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Australia & Oceania
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean

Classification

Genus: Carcharhinus - Reef shark
Family: Carcharhinidae - Requiem sharks
Order: Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Class: Elasmobranchii - Sharks and Rays
Superclass: Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes

Most popular catches

Taxonomy of Fishes

Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
- Elasmobranchii - Sharks and Rays->
  - Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks->
  - Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks->
    
    Carcharhinidae - Requiem sharks->
    
    Prionace - Blue sharks->
    
    Carcharhinus - Reef shark->
    
    Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
    
    Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
    
    Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
    
    Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
    
    Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
    
    Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
    
    Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)
    
    Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
    
    Bignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus)
    
    Graceful shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides)
    
    Pigeye shark (Carcharhinus amboinensis)
    
    Borneo shark (Carcharhinus borneensis)
    
    Copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus)
    
    Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
    
    Nervous shark (Carcharhinus cautus)
    
    Pacific smalltail shark (Carcharhinus cerdale)
    
    Carcharhinus coatesi (Carcharhinus coatesi)
    
    Whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri)
    
    Creek whaler (Carcharhinus fitzroyensis)
    
    Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
    
    Human’s whaler shark (Carcharhinus humani)
    
    Finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon)
    
    Smooth tooth blacktip shark (Carcharhinus leiodon)
    
    Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
    
    Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
    
    Hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti)
    
    Carcharhinus macrops (Carcharhinus macrops)
    
    Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
    
    Lost shark (Carcharhinus obsoletus)
    
    Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii)
    
    Smalltail shark (Carcharhinus porosus)
    
    Blackspot shark (Carcharhinus sealei)
    
    Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus)
    
    Spot-tail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah)
    
    Australian blacktip shark (Carcharhinus tilstoni)
    
    Carcharhinus tjutjot (Carcharhinus tjutjot)
    
    Negaprion - Negaprion->
    
    Triaenodon - Triaenodon->
    
    Rhizoprionodon - Sharpnose sharks->
    
    Glyphis - Glyphis->
    
    Isogomphodon - Isogomphodon->
    
    Lamiopsis - Lamiopsis->
    
    Loxodon - Loxodon->
    
    Nasolamia - Nasolamia->
    
    Scoliodon - Scoliodon->
    
    Scyliorhinidae - Cat sharks->
    
    Pentanchidae - Deepwater catsharks->
    
    Triakidae - Houndsharks->
    
    Sphyrnidae - Hammerheads->
    
    Atelomycteridae - Coloured catsharks->
    
    Galeocerdonidae - Tiger sharks->
    
    Hemigaleidae - Weasel sharks->
    
    Leptochariidae - Barbeled houndsharks->
    
    Proscylliidae - Finback catsharks->
    
    Pseudotriakidae - False catsharks->
  - Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays->
  - Torpediniformes - Electric rays->
  - Rajiformes - Skates and rays->
  - Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark->
  - Squatiniformes - Angelsharks->
  - Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks->
  - Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks->
  - Myliobatiformes - Stingrays->
  - Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks->
  - Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks->
  - Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks->
- Holocephali - Chimaeras->
Agnatha - Jawless fishes->