Silky Shark Carcharhinus falciformis

Classification

Carcharhinus [genus] (9)

Carcharhinus [genus] (9)

Recorded on	Curaçao
	Saba
	Saba Bank

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Saba
	Indigenous (1) - Saba Bank

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.

Beek, I.J.M. van, Debrot, A.O., Graaf, M. de 2012. Elasmobranchs in the Dutch Caribbean: current population status, fisheries and conservations. IMARES, Wageningen University.
Leurs, G. 2018. First silky shark sightings by Saba Conservation Foundation. BioNews 12: 6.
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]