blacktip shark

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q125236
blacktip shark
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Summary

blacktip shark is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,374 views/month, #1,220 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Carcharhinus[5]
  • Taxon name: Carcharhinus limbatus[6]
  • Commons category: Carcharhinus limbatus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Carcharhinus limbatus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Carcharhinus limbatus[9]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341[10]
  • Original combination: Carcharias limbatus[11]
  • Short name: C. limbatus[12]
  • Taxon common name: Blacktip shark[13], 黑邊鰭真鯊[14], 黑稍真鯊[15], 黑斑沙[16], 黑邊鰭白眼鮫[17], 鯊條[18], 鯊仔[19]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[20], Cutias[21], New Guinea[22]

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Identifiers

blacktip shark's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55529[23]. blacktip shark's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 61865[24]. blacktip shark's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559784[25]. blacktip shark's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2417970[26]. blacktip shark's ITIS TSN is recorded as 160318[27].

Why It Matters

blacktip shark has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Brazil, Cutias, New Guinea
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Carcharhinus
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