- Graceful shark
Taxobox
status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
subclassis =Elasmobranchii
ordo =Carcharhiniformes
familia =Carcharhinidae
genus = "Carcharhinus "
species = "C. amblyrhynchoides"
binomial = "Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides"
binomial_authority = (Whitley, 1934)
range_
range_map_width = 250px
range_map_caption = Range of graceful sharkThe graceful shark, "Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides", is a
requiem shark of the familyCarcharhinidae , found in theIndo-Pacific oceans between latitudes 21° N and 25° S, from the surface to 50 m. Its length is up to about 1.6 m.The graceful shark is a little-known inshore, coastal
pelagic species, feeding mainly on fishes, but alsocrustacean s andcephalopod s. It isviviparous . The flesh is utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption, the fins are used in the oriental shark fin trade, and theliver oil is processed forvitamin s.Coloration is grey or grey-brown on the dorsal surface, white or cream below, with a conspicuous band of white on the sides from the
pelvic fin s to the firstdorsal fin . The pectoral, dorsal and pelvic fins, and the ventral lobe of thecaudal fin are black or dusky-tipped, sometimes inconspicuously.References
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