Blacktip reef shark

Summary

Blacktip reef shark is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (553 views/month, #1,156 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Blacktip reef shark's video is recorded as Aerial view of a blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) at Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland, Australia.webm^[3].
• Blacktip reef shark's video is recorded as Aerial view of a blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) at Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland, Australia 2.webm^[4].
• Blacktip reef shark's image is recorded as Carcharhinus melanopterus mirihi.jpg^[5].
• Blacktip reef shark's image is recorded as Carcharhinus melanopterus Luc Viatour.jpg^[6].
• Blacktip reef shark's instance of is recorded as taxon^[7].
• Blacktip reef shark's taxon rank is recorded as species^[8].
• Blacktip reef shark's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable^[9].
• Blacktip reef shark's parent taxon is recorded as Carcharhinus^[10].
• Blacktip reef shark's taxon range map image is recorded as Carcharhinus melanopterus distmap.png^[11].
• Blacktip reef shark's taxon name is recorded as Carcharhinus melanopterus^[12].
• Blacktip reef shark's Commons category is recorded as Carcharhinus melanopterus^[13].
• Blacktip reef shark's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 39375^[14].
• Blacktip reef shark's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wt56^[15].
• Blacktip reef shark's UNII is recorded as 16V74Y4N68^[16].
• Blacktip reef shark's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 263686^[17].
• Blacktip reef shark's ITIS TSN is recorded as 160365^[18].
• Blacktip reef shark's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559786^[19].
• Blacktip reef shark's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2417981^[20].
• Blacktip reef shark's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 105795^[21].
• Blacktip reef shark's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carcharhinus melanopterus^[22].
• Blacktip reef shark's Commons gallery is recorded as Carcharhinus melanopterus^[23].
• Blacktip reef shark's FishBase species ID is recorded as 877^[24].
• Blacktip reef shark's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341^[25].
• Blacktip reef shark's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/blacktip-reef-shark^[26].
• Blacktip reef shark's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. melanopterus'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Blacktip reef shark ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (553 views/month, #1,156 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]