Species: Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Silvertip Shark
Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)
Silvertip Shark
Snout moderately long and broadly rounded, length in front of mouth 6.8-9.2% of TL; upper teeth moderately triangular, sides of bases serrated; lower teeth narrowly triangular, smooth; ridge present on back between dorsal fins; origin of first dorsal fin over or slightly before inner pectoral corner; height of first dorsal 7.1-10.6% of TL; apex of first dorsal bluntly to sharply pointed; origin of second dorsal over or slightly behind origin of anal fin, pectoral fin pointed.
Grey, darker on back and shading to white ventrally; flank with faint white stripe; distinctive white tips or margins on first dorsal, tail, and pectoral fins; second dorsal black.
Grows to 300 cm; size at birth 55-80 cm.
Habitat: coastal-pelagic, inshore to offshore; common on outer reef slopes.
Depth: 0-800 m, usually below ~ 20 m.
Tropical Indo-Pacific; the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Near Bottom
- Mid Water
- Near Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Sharks/rays
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- No data
- No pelagic larva
- Live birth
- Global Endemism
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- TEP non-endemic
- All species
- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- Continent
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Near threatened
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 300
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 800