Where does the Silky Shark live?

Carcharhinus falciformis has 23,890 records in 107 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

23,890 records
107 places
99 years recorded
Elasmobranchii class

AnimaliaChordataElasmobranchiiCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidaeCarcharhinus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	15,556
Mexico	1,719
Seychelles	1,031
Puerto Rico	446
Brazil	391
Colombia	366
United Kingdom	255
Guinea	209
Faroe Islands	193
British Indian Ocean Territory	192
Gabon	182
Mauritius	102
Norway	92
Mayotte	86
Australia	84
Madagascar	74
Mozambique	66
Comoros	55
ZZ	50
French Southern Territories	45
France	42
Côte d'Ivoire	37
Costa Rica	33
Angola	30
Ecuador	29
Sweden	28
Finland	26
Egypt	21
Kenya	21
Somalia	20
Indonesia	18
Tanzania	18
Oman	17
New Caledonia	16
French Polynesia	15
Portugal	14
Sudan	13
Ghana	12
Singapore	12
Cuba	11

Showing the top 40 of 107 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Carcharhinidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.