graceful shark
Queensland shark
carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides latin

Given its size, the graceful shark is potentially dangerous to humans, though no attacks have been recorded.

As with most Carcharhinus species, the evolutionary relationships of the graceful shark are poorly resolved.

Contrary to its common name, the graceful shark's spindle-shaped body has been described as "tubby".

The graceful shark feeds predominantly on bony fishes, with cephalopods and crustaceans being of minor importance.

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Graceful shark)

Graceful sharks prey mainly on bony fishes, and to a much lesser extent on cephalopods and crustaceans.

Australian ichthyologist Gilbert Percy Whitley originally described the graceful shark as Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides, in a 1934 issue of Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.

Based on similarities in morphology, tooth shape, and behavior, the closest relatives of the spinner shark were originally believed to be the blacktip shark and the graceful shark (C. amblyrhynchoides).

The graceful shark or Queensland shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides) is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the Gulf of Aden to northern Australia.

Using molecular phylogenetic techniques on mitochondrial DNA sequences, Alec Moore and colleagues reported in 2011 that this species is closely related to the graceful shark, the blacktip shark, and the Australian blacktip shark (C. tilstoni).

Several molecular phylogenetic studies based on allozymes, mitochondrial DNA, and nuclear DNA have found that that the Australian and common blacktip sharks form a closely related clade with the graceful shark (C. amblyrhynchoides) and the smoothtooth blacktip shark (C. leiodon).

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 Queensland Department of Primary Industries carries out the Queensland Shark Control Program (SCP) to protect swimmers from sharks.

The graceful shark or Queensland shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides) is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the Gulf of Aden to northern Australia.

Queensland Shark Control Program No fatal shark attacks have occurred on protected ocean beaches, tidal waterways or canals on the Gold Coast since 1958 (however two fatal attacks have been recorded in inland lake areas that are separate from the tidal waterways network since 2000).

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Graceful shark)