Requiem Sharks in Captivity

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Which requiem sharks (genus Carcharhinus) are kept in aquariums? I have personally seen the following:

1) Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) - Sentosa SEA Aquarium, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
2) Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) - Sentosa SEA Aquarium
3) Copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) - Otaru Aquarium
4) Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) - Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
5) Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) - Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
6) Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) - Sentosa SEA Aquarium
7) Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) - in most large public aquariums
8) Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) - Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
9) Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) - Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas
10) Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) - common in large public aquariums
11) Indonesian whaler shark (Carcharhinus tjutjot) - Tokyo Sea Life Park

Has anyone seen any other species?
 
RatioTile said:
Which requiem sharks (genus Carcharhinus) are kept in aquariums? I have personally seen the following:

1) Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) - Sentosa SEA Aquarium, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
2) Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) - Sentosa SEA Aquarium
3) Copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) - Otaru Aquarium
4) Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) - Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
5) Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) - Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
6) Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) - Sentosa SEA Aquarium
7) Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) - in most large public aquariums
8) Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) - Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
9) Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) - Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas
10) Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) - common in large public aquariums
11) Indonesian whaler shark (Carcharhinus tjutjot) - Tokyo Sea Life Park

Has anyone seen any other species?
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Galapagos sharks are kept at Mandalay Aquarium in Nevada.
 
I've seen the following few species:
-Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus- SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast, SEA LIFE Melbourne, SeaWorld Gold Coast
-Grey Reef Shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos – SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast
-Sandbar Shark Carcharhinus plumbeus – SEA LIFE Melbourne
-Dusky Shark Carcharhinus obscurus - SeaWorld Gold Coast
-Bull Shark Carcharhinus leucas – SeaWorld Gold Coast
 
In the United States, several aquariums keep Lemon Sharks and Soupfin sharks. Are Sevengills Requiem sharks?
 
According to JAZA a Japanese Aquarium (Umi Tamago) now has the Hardnose Shark (Carcharhinus macloti) a shark so obscure there’s only pictures of drawings and dead specimens online.
 
Also took my notes and came to the following list of species I've seen sofar :
- Blacknose shark : Blijdorp Rotterdam
- Blacktip reef shark : Aquatopia Antwerp, old Emmen Zoo, Antwerp Zoo, SeaLife Blanckenberge, Pairi Daiza, Meereszentrum Fehmarn, Hagenbeck Hamburg, Sylt Aquarium, Büssemer Meereswelten and Aquarium de la Porte Dorée
- Blacktip shark : Burger's Arnhem and Blijdorp Rotterdam
- Grey reef shark : Aquatopia Antwerp
- Sandbar shark : Aquatopia Antwerp and Blijdorp Rotterdam
- Whitetip reef shark : Meereszentrum Fehmarn, Büssemer Meereswelten, Pairi Daiza, Bergen aan Zee and Neeltje Jans.
 
RatioTile said:
According to JAZA a Japanese Aquarium (Umi Tamago) now has the Hardnose Shark (Carcharhinus macloti) a shark so obscure there’s only pictures of drawings and dead specimens online.
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Have they kindly provided photos of the live specimen? :p

~Thylo
 
Here's the Hardnose Shark:

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When did Tokyo Sea Life Park have the Indonesian Whalers? I was there in December 2019 and I don't remember seeing them.
 
RatioTile said:
They’re the small sharks circling the bottom of the Hammerhead tank. I saw then in July 2019.
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Oh yeah I saw them then. I thought they were grey reef sharks or something. Is Tokyo Sea Life Park the only aquarium that has them?
 
I fond this thread interesting so I decided to check my own species list. I expected to of seen AT LEAST 5 species of Carcharhinus shark but to my surprise I've only seen three: Galapagos shark (C. galapagensis) at Shark Reef Aquarium (and in the wild), Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus) at SeaWorld San Diego, & Sandbar shark (C. plumbeus) at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (and in the wild). I gotta change this.
 
Hipporex said:
I fond this thread interesting so I decided to check my own species list. I expected to of seen AT LEAST 5 species of Carcharhinus shark but to my surprise I've only seen three: Galapagos shark (C. galapagensis) at Shark Reef Aquarium (and in the wild), Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus) at SeaWorld San Diego, & Sandbar shark (C. plumbeus) at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (and in the wild). I gotta change this.
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I mean you have one species that most people can't boast and two wild sightings which most people can't boast. You're doing pretty good so far :p

~thylo
 
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