Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)

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Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) .

Silky Shark. To about 3.5 m (11.5 ft) TL ( Weigmann 2016). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean at least as far northward as Ryukyu Islands (Yoshino and Aonuma in Nakabo 2002); Lagunas Ojo de Liebre-Guerrero Negro, central Baja California ( Galván-Magaña et al. 2000) to northern Chile ( Grove and Lavenberg 1997), including Gulf of California (Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995), and Islas Galápagos ( Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Depth: surface to 500 m (1,640 ft) or more (min.: Ebert et al. 2013; max.: Compagno 1984).