Grey shark

Japanese: grey shark(英語表記)greyshark
Grey shark

...A general term for marine fish of the genus Carcharhinus, family Carcharhinidae, order Carcharhiniformes. The name is derived from the fact that the eyes are covered with a whitish nictitating membrane. There are more than 100 recorded species in the genus Carcharhinus, but a recent analysis revealed that 30 species are distributed worldwide. According to the list of fish names found in Japan, 15 species are found in the waters near Japan, including the spinner shark Carcharhinus brevipinna , the sand shark C. dussumieri , the silky shark C. falciformis , the whitetip shark C. longimanus , the blacktip reef shark C. melanopterus , the reef shark C. plumbeus , and the orb shark C. sorrah . ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "grey shark" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…メジロザメ目メジロザメ科メジロザメ属の海産魚の総称。眼が白っぽい瞬膜(しゆんまく)におおわれることに由来した名称。メジロザメ属には100種以上の種の記載があるが,最近整理されて30種が世界に分布することがわかった。日本産魚名リストによれば,日本近海にはハナザメCarcharhinus brevipinna,スミツキザメC.dussumieri,クロトガリザメC.falciformis,ヨゴレザメC.longimanus,ツマグロC.melanopterus,ヤジブカ(メジロザメ)C.plumbeus,ホウライザメC.sorrahなど15種が分布する。…

※「grey shark」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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