Oceanic whitetip shark

Oceanic whitetip shark
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Carcharhinus
Species:	C. longimanus
Binomial name
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Range of the oceanic whitetip shark
Synonyms
Carcharias obtusus (Garman, 1881) Squalus longimanus (Poey, 1861) Carcharias longimanus (Poey, 1861) Pterolamiops longimanus (Poey, 1861) Carcharinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) Squalus maou (Lesson, 1831) Carcharhinus maou (Lesson, 1831) Carcharias insularum (Snyder, 1904) Pterolamiops magnipinnis (Smith, 1958) Pterolamiops budkeri (Fourmanoir, 1961)

The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus), is a large species of requiem shark, in the genus Carcharhinus. The oceanic whitetip shark reaches a maximum length of four metres, and can weigh as much as 170 kg (370 pounds). This species of shark can be distinguished by its large, rounded first dorsal fin, and its long, wide, paddle-like pectoral fins.

The oceanic whitetip shark should not be confused with the whitetip reef shark.

1. ↑ Rigby, C.L., Barreto, R., Carlson, J., Fernando, D., Fordham, S., Francis, M.P., Herman, K., Jabado, R.W., Liu, K.M., Marshall, A., Pacoureau, N., Romanov, E., Sherley, R.B. & Winker, H. (2019). "Carcharhinus longimanus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T39374A2911619.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)