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Graceful shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Graceful shark
- Scientific
- Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
- Dhivehi
- Thila miyaru
- Group
- Sharks
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.8 m (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs and the atoll shelf, recorded from 0 to 75 m
- IUCN status
- VU · VulnerableVulnerable (VU), assessed 2020CITES Appendix II
Description
A small, sleek requiem shark, grey above and white below with a white band on the side and dark-tipped fins, reaching about 1.8 m. It lives in coastal waters and feeds mainly on fish.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives thila miyaru. Sharks are fully protected in the Maldives (since 2010).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Carcharhinus-amblyrhynchoides.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=860&GenusName=Carcharhinus&SpeciesNam
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchoides_phuket.JPG
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Thila miyaru' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.