Oceanic whitetip shark  (Carcharhinus longimanus)

Facts

Also known as:white-tipped shark, whitetip oceanic shark and whitetip shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Carcharhiniformes
Family Carcharhinidae
Genus Carcharhinus (1)
Size Length: up to 396 cm (2)
Weight up to 167.4 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1).