Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Carcharhinidae > Genus Carcharhinus

Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Carcharhinus*	de Blainville, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: silky shark sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: silky shark sources: english PESI focal point

German: Seidenhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Λείος καρχαρίνος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: floridinis šilkinis ryklys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: żarłacz jedwabisty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: jaquetón sedoso; tiburón lustroso; tiburón piloto sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Turkish: karayip resif köpekbalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула сіра шовковиста; Шовкова акула

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Taxon found in 59 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (25 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (120 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105789