Home
 About Madagascar
  Maps
  People
  History
  FAQs
  Environment
 Flora
 Wildlife
  Birds
  Fish
  Frogs
  Invertebrates
  Lemurs
  Mammals
  Reptiles
 Places
  Antananarivo
 Conservation
  ANGAP
  Parks
  Guides
  News
 Photos
 Video
 Madagascar Travel
 About the site
 How to help
 Books
 Links
 Contact



Silky shark - Carcharhinus falciformis

Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks

Resouces from government sites on Carcharhinus falciformis :

Description Silky Shark - Carcharhinus falciformis
A biological profile on the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis. ... Right side upper
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/sharkkey/silkyshark.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). ... Silky shark (Carcharhinus
http://www.nova.edu/cwis/vpaa/highlights/nov2403.html

NSU Academic Highlights - November 24, 2003
These include the tiger, Galeocerdo cuvier (see picture), great hammerhead,
http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ghri/publications.html

GHRI Research Publications
2003. A Monte Carlo demographic analysis of the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis):
http://collections.ucsd.edu/mv/fish_collection/osteo.html

Class Myxini
Carcharhinidae. Carcharhinus brachyurus Phillips [s]. Carcharhinus falciformis
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/enps.htm

PSRC - Eastern North Pacific Sharks
...shark Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) — Bignose shark Carcharhinus brachyurus
http://id-www.ucsb.edu/lovelab/l_long.html

The Fish List
Surf line to 100 m (330 ft). (Eschmeyer et al. 1983, Compagno 1984). Carcharhinus
http://snapper.bio.umass.edu/vmmnh/fishcoll.html

MASTER LIST OF HOLDINGS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FISH ...
Species, Common Name, Number, Lots, Fam. Carcharhinus falciformis, Silky shark,
http://oceanica.cofc.edu/SharkTagging/Home.htm

Shark Tagging Home
...catches and will include the following: sandbar shark - Carcharhinus plumbeus blue
http://www.uprh.edu/~cgarcia/tiburon/sinopsis.html

SINOPSIS DE LAS ESPECIES
...- [ Translate this page ]
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/life_anims_verts.shtml

Photo credits: Life, Animals, Vertebrates Trees
Cartilaginous fish image [Carcharhinus falciformis (Silky Shark) — 0000 0000 0602
http://susdl.fcla.edu/lfnh/matrix/T/index_c.htm

Main Index
Carcharhinus altimus; Carcharhinus brevipinna; Carcharhinus egertoni; Carcharhinus
http://www.bio.utexas.edu/courses/bio354l/projects/1998/Michelle_Reeve/Isurus_oxyrinchus.html

Isurus oxyrinchus
...of Southern Japan, Isurus oxyrinchus can be found with abundant Prionce glauca,
http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/peet/products.htm

Products
Six new Phoreiobothrium species were found in carcharhiniform hosts including S.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/sharkteeth/



Academic web resources on Carcharhinus falciformis :

Entrez Taxonomy
CalPhotos. Carcharhinus falciformis. FishBase. Integrated Taxonomic Information
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7881827&dopt=Abstract

Characterization of liver flavin-containing monooxygenase of the ...
...of the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) and partial purification of liver
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=publication&search_id=pub_id&search_id_value=713

ITIS 'Publication' Search results for Compagno, Leonard JV
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller and Henle, 1839) -- valid -- jaquetón, silky shark.
http://www.nps.gov/npsa/NPSAfish/family/carchar.htm

NPSpecies Report
No data, Native. Carcharhinus falciformis, silky shark, 160310, Probably Present,
http://www.nps.gov/npsa/NPSAfish/NSAlistc_cd.htm

National Park of American Samoa
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, malie-aloalo, grey reef shark, 160358. Carcharhinus
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/recreational/survey/species_group_list.html

MRFSS - Survey Species Groups
Carcharhinus acronotus, blacknose shark. Carcharhinus altimus, bignose shark.
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/cocos/list.html

List of Fish Species - Isla del Coco Fishes
Carcharhinidae — Requiem sharks Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) Carcharhinus
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0187A/HRS_0187A-0001.htm

PART I
...offshore species of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), shortfin mako shark (Isurus
http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/sharks/lw/silky.html

Figure 9
Figure 9. Relationship between fork length and total body weight (sexes combined)
http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/about/elasmo.html

Flower Garden Banks NMS - Elasmobranchs, Birds and Mammals
...spinner shark. Carcharhinus cf brevipinna. silky shark. Carcharhinus falciformis.
http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/frd/HMS/Large%20Pelagics/Sharks/Pop%20Dynamics/shark%20intrinsci%20rates.htm



WildMadagascar.org needs your help!
Submit content and pictures, correct errors, provide feedback, fill in the blanks for this page!


Almost all pictures on this site were taken with a Konica Minolta



home | photos index | search | about | contact

Unless otherwise noted, all content and images are the property of Rhett Butler, content copyright 2004-2005.
All rights reserved.