Black-tip shark

The spottail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans waters between latitudes 31° N and 31° S, from the surface to 140 m.

The Black-tip shark lives in the reef-associated, brackish, marine, depth range 0 - 140 m environment.

Black-tip sharks are born at 60 cm and attains 200 cm. Males and females mature at about 110 cm and about 115 cm respectively. Currently known only from the continental shelf of tropical Australia. More

Common names

Balda in Marathi (मराठी)
Black-tip shark in English
Blacktip shark in English
Cá M?p mi?ng r?ng in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá Mập miệng rộng in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Carcharhinus sorrah in Catalan (Català)
Chalarm Jud-dum in Thai (ไทย)
Cucut lanjaman in Jawa
Grey shark in English
Hourai zame in Japanese (日本語)
Houraizame in Japanese (日本語)
Iho in Cebuano
Jarjur in Arabic (‫العربية)
Kanatyan in Sindhi (सिन्धी)
Katta-sorrah in Tamil (தமிழ்)
Kolsterhaai in Afrikaans
Kooseh-e-baleh-syah in Persian (‫فارسی)
Lanyam in Jawa
Marracho rabo manchado in Portuguese (Português)
Merak bulu in Bali
Mungsing in Bali
Pating in Tagalog
Pisori in Marathi (मराठी)
Plethalet haj in Danish (dansk)
Requin à queue tachetée in French (français)
Requin blanc in French (français)
Requin tachete in French (français)
School shark in English
Shirat in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)
Sorrah in English
Sorrah in Telugu (తెలుగు)
Sorrah shark in English
spot-tail shark in English
Spot-tail whaler in English
Spottail shark in English
Tiburón rabo manchado in Spanish (español)
Vlekstaarthaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
West Australian whaler shark in English
Yu kepak hitam in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
ދޮން މިޔަރު in Divehi (‫ދިވެހި)
पिसोरि in Marathi (मराठी)
बाळदा in Marathi (मराठी)
கட்டா சுரா   in Tamil (தமிழ்)
கட்டைச் சுரா in Tamil (தமிழ்)
కావల్ సొర్రా in Telugu (తెలుగు)
నెల్ల వెకల్ సొర్రా   in Telugu (తెలుగు)
బోక  సొర్రా  in Telugu (తెలుగు)
ముఖాన్ సొర్రా  in Telugu (తెలుగు)
రన్ సొర్రా     in Telugu (తెలుగు)
రమన్ సొర్రా    in Telugu (తెలుగు)
ಷೀರಟ್ in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)
沙拉白眼鮫 in Mandarin Chinese
沙拉真鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
沙条 in Mandarin Chinese
沙條 in Mandarin Chinese
色拉白眼鲛 in Mandarin Chinese
色拉真鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
검은꼬리상어 in Korean (한국어)

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Order : Carcharhiniformes
Family : Carcharhinidae
Genus : Carcharhinus
Species : Carcharhinus sorrah
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