VU — Vulnerable

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

↓Decreasing

Population trend

Countries

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01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CHORDATA

Class

CHONDRICHTHYES

Order

CARCHARHINIFORMES

Family

CARCHARHINIDAE

Genus

Carcharhinus

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides belongs to the family CARCHARHINIDAE, order CARCHARHINIFORMES, within the CHONDRICHTHYES class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

Marine oceanicMajor

04 — Threats

Threats

Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Ongoing

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources

Ongoing

Housing & urban areas

Ongoing

Logging & wood harvesting

Ongoing

Marine & freshwater aquaculture

Ongoing

05 — Conservation

Conservation Actions

Species recovery

06 — Range

Found in 18 Countries

Australia Bangladesh British Indian Ocean Territory India Indonesia Kuwait Malaysia Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Seychelles Singapore Somalia Sri Lanka Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2026). Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/graceful-shark

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