carcharhinus
Noun
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Type genus of the Carcharhinidae (synset 101491916)
is a type of: fish genus - any of various genus of fishmember holonym:
- bull shark, carcharhinus leucas, cub shark - a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous
- carcharhinus plumbeus, sandbar shark - most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen
- blacktip shark, carcharhinus limbatus, sandbar shark - widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
- carcharinus longimanus, oceanic whitetip shark, white-tipped shark, whitetip shark - large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
- carcharhinus obscurus, dusky shark - relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
belongs to: carcharhinidae, family carcharhinidae - largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharkssame as: genus carcharhinus
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