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Carcharhinidae

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Noun1.Carcharhinidae - largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks
family Carcharhinidae
fish family - any of various families of fish
Elasmobranchii, Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii, subclass Selachii - sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates
requiem shark - any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
Carcharhinus, genus Carcharhinus - type genus of the Carcharhinidae
genus Negaprion, Negaprion - lemon sharks
genus Prionace, Prionace - blue sharks
Galeocerdo, genus Galeocerdo - tiger sharks
Galeorhinus, genus Galeorhinus - a genus of Carcharhinidae
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The Carcharhinidae and Dasyatidae, the most species-rich families in the region, are the also the families for which the highest number of species are recorded in bycatch (Table 3).
Sustainability of elasmobranchs caught as bycatch in a tropical prawn ... by Stobutzki, Ilona C.; Miller, Margaret J.; Heales, Don S.; Brewer, David T. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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