Requiem Sharks in Captivity

My list of Charchirinus is

Grey Reef Shark
Bronze Whaler (coppery shark)
Bull Shark
Blacktip Reef Shark
Dusky Whaler (Dusky Shark)
Sandbar Whaler

Other Characinidae sharks i've seen are.

Speartooth River Shark
Whitetip Reef Shark

Other sharks in general i've seen are

Gummy Shark
Tawny Nurse Shark
Grey Nurse Shark (Sand Tiger)
Zebra Shark
Brown Striped Bamboo Shark
Epaulette Shark
Port Jackson Shark

Other Cartliginous fish i've seen are.

Australian Ghost Shark
Honeycomb Whipray
Blue Spotted Ribbontail Ray
Melbourne Skate
Eastern Fiddler Ray
Southern Fiddler Ray
Bowmouth Guitar Fish
White spotted Guitar Fish
Black Stingray
Estuary Stingray
Marbled Ray
Pelagic Stingray
Banded Stingaree
Sparsely Spotted Stingaree
 
I have seen five species of Carcharhinus in captivity: acronotus, amblyrhynchos, limbatus, melanopterus and plumbeus. Other carcharhinids I have seen are lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) and white-tipped reef shark (Triaenodon obesus).

Next to that, I have seen multiple Galápagos sharks (Carcharhinus galapagensis) in the wild. My most spectacular shark sightning by far are that of wild white-tipped reef shark, swimming between them in the mangroves of Santa Cruz.
 
Requiem sharks I've seen:
Blacktip reef shark
Grey reef shark
Whitetip reef shark
Tiger shark
Speartooth shark
Lemon shark
Indonesian whaler shark

Other sharks:
Epaulette shark
Sand tiger shark
Whale shark
Scalloped hammerhead shark
Great hammerhead shark
Zebra shark
Tawny nurse shark
Tasseled wobbegong
Coral catshark
Bamboo shark
Port jackson shark
Japanese bullhead shark
Banded houndshark
Horn shark
Megalodon jaw replica (does this really count?)

Other cartilaginous fishes:
Spotted eagle ray
Cownose ray
Mobula ray
Unknown ray (likely whipray species, Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan)
Pitted stingray
Red stingray
Unknown river ray (Maloolooba Sea Life Aquarium)
Unknown river ray (Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan)
Fiddler ray (unsure if T. dumerilii or T. fasciata)
Shovelnose guitarfish
Green sawfish
Freshwater sawfish
Freshwater whipray
Marbled ray
Ghost shark
Porcupine ray
Bowmouth guitarfish
Spotted ratfish
Bull ray
Bluespotted lagoon ray
Unknown stingray/stingaree (Maloolooba Sea Life Aquarium)
Leopard whipray
 
My list:
-Blacknose Shark
-Grey Reef Shark
-Silky Shark
-Bull Shark
-Blacktip Shark
-Blacktip Reef Shark
-Sandbar Shark
-Lemon Shark
-Whitetip Reef Shark

~Thylo
 
Hmm, my list is:

1. Black-nose Shark
2. Silky Shark
3. Grey Reef Shark
4. Black-tip Shark
5. Black-tip Reef Shark (seen wild and captive)
6. Sandbar Shark
7. Lemon Shark
8. Galapagos Shark
9. White-tip Reef Shark
 
Who are the current holders of Blacknose Shark in the US? I know Mystic Aquarium no longer has them, and National Aquarium Baltimore and Dallas World Aquarium have some. Where else?
 
Florida Keys Aquarium can barely hold nurse sharks, let alone tiger sharks. I doubt it.
 
I wasn't sure if I took a picture of the indonesian whaler sharks at Tokyo Sea Life Park, but you can see them for a second in a video I took of their shark tank.upload_2020-9-11_7-51-45.png
Sorry for the poor image quality
 

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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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I haven't seen them myself, but Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium's website has listings of spot-tail sharks (Carcharhinus sorrah), silvertip sharks (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) and tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier). Unfortunately the tiger sharks have been taken off display.
 
Sorry for replying to a (somewhat) old thread, but I remembered that Reef HQ Aquarium has the Nervous Shark, Carcharhinus cautus. AQWA (Aquarium of Western Australia) apparently has one too.
 
I don't think the Indonesian Whalers at Tokyo Sea Life Park actually are Indonesian Whalers. I've been going through the JAZA stocklists for a few aquariums, and the list for Tokyo Sea Life Park has no mention of Indonesian Whalers. It does, however, have a listing for the very similar Whitecheek Shark, Carcharhinus dussumieri.
 
What facilities in the United States hold blacktip sharks?

I know the Shark Reef Aquarium holds Galápagos sharks, but are there any others? It is just the one in Las Vegas though, right?
 
wild boar said:
What facilities in the United States hold blacktip sharks?

I know the Shark Reef Aquarium holds Galápagos sharks, but are there any others? It is just the one in Las Vegas though, right?
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I believe blacktip sharks are no longer in the US. Galapagos sharks are only held at the Las Vegas aquarium.
 
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