Silvertip shark
Carcharhinus albimarginatus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Genus
- Carcharhinus
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 15 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 76 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 8 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 29 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 57 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 9 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 13 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 18 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records