Silky Shark Carcharhinus falciformis

Classification

Carcharhinus [genus] (12)

Carcharhinus [genus] (12)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Saba
	Saba Bank
	Sint Eustatius

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Saba
	Indigenous (1) - Saba Bank
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten.

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Leurs, G. 2018. First silky shark sightings by Saba Conservation Foundation. BioNews 12: 6.
Leurs, G., Debrot, A.O. & Winter, H.V. 2026. Diversity and Conservation Status of Sharks and Rays in the Dutch Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science 56: 282-298.
Anderson, C.L., Tassell, J.L. van, Brown, B., Robertson, D.R., Piontek, S., Hoetjes, P.C., Sparks, J.S., Kramer, A. & Buurt, G. van 2006. Preliminary list of fishes from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute expedition to Curaçao with comparison to previously formulated lists. [link]
Winter, H.V. & Graaf, M. de 2019. Diversity, abundance, distribution and habitat use of reef-associated sharks in the Dutch Caribbean: Field studies using Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) and acoustic telemetry; as part of the DCNA ‘Save Our Sharks’ project (Nationale Postcode Loterij) Report nr. C105/18. Wageningen Marine Research. [link]