silky shark
blackspot shark
grey whaler shark
olive shark
ridgeback shark
sickle shark
carcharhinus falciformis latin

The life history characteristics of the silky shark differ across its range (see table).

Schools of forage fish can draw silky sharks in large numbers.

The silky shark tends to be more aggressive if encountered on a reef than in open water.

The silky shark might also be found.

Younger silky sharks are known to form large, loosely organized aggregations, possibly for mutual defense.

Given its formidable size and dentition, the silky shark is regarded as potentially dangerous to humans.

November to May (dry season) means calmer seas, silky sharks and large schools of mobula rays.

Silky sharks have been documented "herding" such schools into a bait ball trapped against the surface, and then consuming the entire school.

Silky sharks are highly mobile and migratory, though the details of their movements are little-known.

The silky shark is viviparous, meaning that the developing embryos are sustained by a placental connection to their mother.

Potential predators of the silky shark include larger sharks and killer whales (Orcinus orca).

Some sport fishers catch silky sharks.

With prey often scarce in its oceanic environment, the silky shark is a swift, inquisitive, and persistent hunter.

Oceanic whitetip sharks and silky sharks are common in the Mona Passage.

The dorsal and pectoral fins are distinctive and help to distinguish the silky shark from similar species.

The Silky shark is a type of smooth-skinned shark that belongs to the family Carcharhinidae.

The silky shark is more active, yet less aggressive than the other two big pelagic sharks, the blue shark and oceanic whitetip.

Silky sharks are valued for their fins, and to a lesser extent their meat, hide, liver oil, and jaws.

The overall growth rate of the silky shark is moderate compared to other shark species and similar for both sexes, though it varies significantly between individuals.

Carcharhinus falciformis (Silky shark)

The large size and cutting teeth of the silky shark make it potentially dangerous, and it has behaved aggressively towards divers.

Slim and streamlined, the silky shark has a fairly long, rounded snout with barely developed flaps of skin in front of the nostrils.

Whitetips commonly compete for food with silky sharks, making up for its comparatively leisurely swimming style with aggressive displays.

When attacking tightly packed fish, silky sharks charge through the ball and slash open-mouthed, catching the prey fish at the corners of their jaws.

Silky sharks frequently intermingle with schools of scalloped hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini), and have been known to follow marine mammals.

Carcharhinus sealei (Blackspot shark)

Initial efforts to resolve the evolutionary relationships of the silky shark were inconclusive: based on morphology, Jack Garrick in 1982 suggested the blackspot shark (C. sealei) as its closest relative.

Based on morphology, Jack Garrick in 1982 and Leonard Compagno in 1988 tentatively placed it in a group defined by the whitecheek shark (C. dussumieri) and the blackspot shark (C. sealei).

The blackspot shark, Carcharhinus sealei, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 24 N and 30 S, from the surface to 40 m. Its length is up to about 1.5 m.

Other common names used for this shark around the world include black-vee whaler, bronze whaler, Fowler's whaler shark, graceful shark, graceful whaler shark, grey shark, grey whaler shark, longnose blacktail shark, school shark, and shortnose blacktail shark.

The silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, named for the smooth texture of its skin.