Broadfin shark

Broadfin shark

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Lamiopsis
Species:	L. temminckii
Binomial name
*Lamiopsis temminckii* (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)

Range of the broadfin shark
Synonyms
Carcharhinus microphthalmus Carcharhinus temmincki Carcharias temminckii Carcharinus temminckii Carcharias (Prionodon) temminckii Carcharinus temminckii Eulamia temmincki Eulamia temminckii Lamiopsis temmincki Squalus (Carcharinus) temminckii

The broadfin shark (Lamiopsis temminckii) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific oceans, between latitudes 24° N and 4° S, from the surface to a depth of 50 m. It can reach a length of about 1.7 m. It is viviparous, and is not known to be dangerous to people.

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lamiopsis temminckii" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

Extant requiem shark species

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Subclass Elasmobranchii Subdivision Selachii Order Carcharhiniformes

Carcharhinus	Blacknose shark (C. acronotus) Silvertip shark (C. albimarginatus) Bignose shark (C. altimus) Graceful shark (C. amblyrhynchoides) Grey reef shark (C. amblyrhynchos) Pigeye shark (C. amboinensis) Borneo shark (C. borneensis) Copper shark (C. brachyurus) Spinner shark (C. brevipinna) Nervous shark (C. cautus) Pacific smalltail shark (C. cerdale) C. coatesi Whitecheek shark (C. dussumieri) Silky shark (C. falciformis) Creek whaler (C. fitzroyensis) Galapagos shark (C. galapagenisis) Pondicherry shark (C. hemiodon) Finetooth shark (C. isodon) Smoothtooth blacktip shark (C. leiodon) Bull shark (C. leucas) Blacktip shark (C. limbatus) Oceanic whitetip shark (C. longimanus) Hardnose shark (C. macloti) Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus) Dusky shark (C. obscurus) Caribbean reef shark (C. perezi) Sandbar shark (C. plumbeus) Smalltail shark (C. porosus) Blackspot shark (C. sealei) Night shark (C. signatus) Spot-tail shark (C. sorrah) Australian blacktip shark (C. tilstoni) C. tjutjot

Galeocerdo	Tiger shark (G. cuvier)

Glyphis	Borneo river shark (G. fowlerae) Ganges shark (G. gangeticus) Northern river shark (G. garricki) Speartooth shark (G. glyphis) Irrawaddy river shark (G. siamensis)

Isogomphodon	Daggernose shark (I. oxyrhynchus)

Lamiopsis	Broadfin shark (L. temminckii) Borneo broadfin shark (L. tephrodes)

Loxodon	Sliteye shark (L. macrorhinus)

Nasolamia	Whitenose shark (N. velox)

Negaprion	Sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens) Lemon shark (N. brevirostris)

Prionace	Blue shark (P. glauca)

Rhizoprionodon	Milk shark (R. acutus) Brazilian sharpnose shark (R. lalandii) Pacific sharpnose shark (R. longurio) Grey sharpnose shark (R. oligolinx) Caribbean sharpnose shark (R. porosus) Australian sharpnose shark (R. taylori) Atlantic sharpnose shark (R. terraenovae)

Scoliodon	Spadenose shark (S. laticaudus) Pacific spadenose shark (S. macrorhynchos)

Triaenodon	Whitetip reef shark (T. obesus)

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