Gray Reef Shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very 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 26 diving areas across 19 countries and 4 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 12 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 12 records
- Coral Sea, Australia - 47 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 51723 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 12 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 7 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 51 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 3 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 5 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 11 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 6 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 57 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 14 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 3 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 5 records