The requiem sharks are a family (Carcharhinidae) that includes some of the best-known and most common types of sharks, such as the tiger shark, blue shark, bull shark, and milk shark.

Family members have the usual carcharhiniform characteristics. The eyes are round, and the pectoral fins are completely behind the five gill slits. Most species are viviparous, the young being born fully developed.

Many of the species in this family grow to considerable size, the record holder being a tiger shark measuring out at 7.4 meters.

Genus Carcharhinus:

• Blacknose shark Carcharhinus acronotus
• Silvertip shark Carcharhinus albimarginatus
• Bignose shark Carcharhinus altimus
• Graceful shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
• Grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
• Pigeye shark Carcharhinus amboinensis
• Borneo shark Carcharhinus borneensis
• Copper shark Carcharhinus brachyurus
• Spinner shark Carcharhinus brevipinna
• Nervous shark Carcharhinus cautus
• Whitecheek shark Carcharhinus dussumieri
• Silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis
• Creek whaler Carcharhinus fitzroyensis
• Galapagos shark Carcharhinus galapagensis
• Pondicherry shark Carcharhinus hemiodon
• Finetooth shark Carcharhinus isodon
• Smooth tooth blacktip shark Carcharhinus leiodon
• Bull shark Carcharhinus leucas
• Blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus
• Oceanic white tipped shark Carcharhinus longimanus
• Hardnose shark Carcharhinus macloti
• Blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus
• Dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus
• Caribbean reef shark Carcharhinus perezi
• Sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus
• Smalltail shark Carcharhinus porosus
• Blackspot shark Carcharhinus sealei
• Night shark Carcharhinus signatus
• Spottail shark Carcharhinus sorrah
• Australian blacktip shark Carcharhinus tilstoni

Genus Galercerdo:

• Tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier

Genus Glyphis:

• Ganges shark Glyphis gangeticus
• Speartooth shark Glyphis glyphis
• Irrawaddy river shark Glyphis siamensis

Genus Isogomphodon:

• Daggernose shark Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus

Genus Lamiopsis:

• Broadfin shark Lamiopsis temminckii

Genus Loxodon:

• Sliteye shark Loxodon macrorhinus

Genus Nasolamia:

• Whitenose shark Nasolamia velox

Genus Negaprion:

• Sicklefin lemon shark Negaprion acutidens
• Lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris

Genus Prionace:

• Blue shark Prionace glauca

Genus Rhizoprionodon:

• Milk shark Rhizoprionodon acutus
• Brazilian sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon lalandii
• Pacific sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon longurio
• Grey sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon oligolinx
• Caribbean sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon porosus
• Australian sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon taylori
• Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

Genus Scoliodon:

• Spadenose shark Scoliodon laticaudus

Genus Triaenodon:

• Whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus

External link

• FishBase entry for Carcharhinidae (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=11)