CARCHARHINIFORMES

Uganda 1999Madagascar 1993Tanzania 1993Vietnam 1980
Whitetip Shark
Carcharhinus delphs
(Carcharhinidae)
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
(Carcharhinidae)
Whitetip Reef Shark
Triaenodon obesus
(Carcharhinidae)
Tiger Shark
Galeocerdo cuvieri
(Carcharhinidae)
Madagascar 1993Vietnam 1980Republic of Korea 1986
Hammerhead Shark
Sphyrna eysacna
(Sphyrnidae)
Scalloped Hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
(Sphyrnidae)
Smooth Hammerhead
Sphyrna zygaena
(Sphyrnidae)


Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
(Carcharhinidae)
(CARCHARHINIFORMES)
Blacktip Reef Shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
(Carcharhinidae)
(CARCHARHINIFORMES)
Tiger Shark
Galeocerdo cuvieri
(Carcharhinidae)
(CARCHARHINIFORMES)
Scalloped Hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
(Sphyrnidae)
(CARCHARHINIFORMES)
Smooth Hammerhead
Sphyrna zygaena
(Sphyrnidae)
(CARCHARHINIFORMES)
Blotchy Swell Shark (egg)
Cephaloscyllium umbratile
(Scyliorhinidae)
(CARCHARHINIFORMES)


As for the Whitetip Shark genus of streamlined build like the shark, approximately 30 kinds are known to the world most. Eyes are covered with a thing such as eyelids called nictitating membrane from the bottom to the top. It is the origin of the name that this nictitating membrane is white. In flesh-eating, it eats Crustacea, fish, a mollusk.

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