Australian blacktip shark: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Australian blacktip shark lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Carcharhinus tilstoni
Group	Sharks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Carcharhiniformes
Family	Carcharhinidae

Where does the Australian blacktip shark live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian blacktip shark in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: New Guinea.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Australian blacktip shark endangered?

The Australian blacktip shark’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian blacktip shark?

The Australian blacktip shark (Carcharhinus tilstoni) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Carcharhiniformes and the family Carcharhinidae, genus Carcharhinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian blacktip shark

The Australian blacktip shark (Carcharhinus tilstoni) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, endemic to northern and eastern Australia. Favoring the upper and middle parts of the water column, it can be found from the intertidal zone to a depth of 50 m (160 ft). Appearance-wise this species is virtually identical to the common blacktip shark (C. limbatus), from which it can be reliably distinguished only by its lower vertebra number and by genetic markers. Generally reaching 1.5–1.8 m (4.9–5.9 ft) in length, it is a fairly stout-bodied, bronze-colored shark with a long snout and black-tipped fins.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian blacktip shark (revision 1354928305), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q783306 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).