Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Carcharhinus albimarginatus
tiburón de puntas blancas, tiburon de punta plateada., Silvertip shark
Dark silver- gray on back fading white underside. Snout somewhat rounded. Size: To about 3 m
Habitat: Open water around islands
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Carcharhinus
Species
albimarginatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Carcharhinus platyrhynchus (Gilbert, 1892), Carcharias albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837, Eulamia albimarginata (Rüppell, 1837), Eulamia platyrhynchus Gilbert, 1892, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Widespread in tropical, in the eastern Pacific most common around islands arising from submarine banks in southern California to Colombia, and Clipperton, Cocos, Las Tres Marias, Revillagigedos. Tropical Indo-Pacific. Southern Baja to Ecuado in Galápagos in Islands.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Carcharhinus albimarginatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7848. Accessed 15 January 2025.