Overview

This shark belongs to the requiem shark family, a diverse group that includes many familiar coastal and reef species. Use the entry as a cautious base note: sleek shape, active swimming, and live-bearing reproduction are common family themes. Typical requiem sharks are streamlined, with two dorsal fins, an anal fin, five gill slits, and a distinct nictitating lower eyelid. Color is often gray to bronze above with a pale underside. Requiem sharks occupy tropical and warm-temperate seas worldwide, from coastal estuaries and reefs to outer shelves and open ocean. Individual species may be strongly coastal, strongly pelagic, or somewhere in between.

This family uses an unusually wide span of habitats, including surf zones, mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass flats, shelf edges, and oceanic waters.

Added from the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Why it matters: Many requiem sharks depend on shallow nursery grounds where pups spend their early months away from larger predators.

Common nameCarcharhinus Fitzroyensis
Scientific nameCarcharhinus fitzroyensis
FamilyCarcharhinidae
OrderCarcharhiniformes
Max length1.4 m
Depth range0 to 0 meters
RegionUnknown
DietData not available in this offline release.
HabitatMarine waters (habitat data not available locally).
Why it stands outFamily: Carcharhinidae

What this shark is

Typical requiem sharks are streamlined, with two dorsal fins, an anal fin, five gill slits, and a distinct nictitating lower eyelid. Color is often gray to bronze above with a pale underside.

Where it lives

Requiem sharks occupy tropical and warm-temperate seas worldwide, from coastal estuaries and reefs to outer shelves and open ocean. Individual species may be strongly coastal, strongly pelagic, or somewhere in between.

This family uses an unusually wide span of habitats, including surf zones, mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass flats, shelf edges, and oceanic waters.

How it differs from similar sharks

Family: Carcharhinidae

Compare it against Carcharhinus Borneensis, Carcharhinus Cautus, and Carcharhinus Cerdale.

Why it is notable

Some of the best-known large sharks in tropical waters belong to this family, so human encounters do occur. Even so, fishery pressure, bycatch, and habitat loss usually matter more than direct conflict.

Species-level taxonomy was verified from Sharkipedia's current species list and taxonomy workbook. In this pass, the narrative fields are cautious family-level placeholders synthesized from broad shark references, chiefly the FAO Sharks of the World catalogue, because a stronger multi-source species-level synthesis was not assembled here without risking invented detail. Replace this with a direct species-level synthesis before publication in the app.

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