Talk:Requiem shark

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Name 'Requiem'

Why the name 'Requiem'???? 65.69.81.2 15:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

'Requiem' is an archaic term for sharks in general, I believe. It probably comes from the French requin, which in turn derives from the word for 'dog', or from the usual outcome of a shark catching a human being, or maybe from something else—nobody knows for sure. See [1] (in French) and [2] (in English). 68.54.206.193 20:50, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What's the point of the article?

The article does not clarify why 'Requim' sharks differ from others of the same taxonomic group, and the meaning of 'Requim' is not even known for sure. This ssems to be more of a vernacular definition as opposed to an encyclopedic article. Should this article be deleted?Fireproeng 19:09, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The first sentence "The requiem sharks are members of the Carcharhinidae family ..." explains. The article is about a taxonomic family, using its common name instead of its scientific as per Wikipedia guidelines. GrahamBould 19:14, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, I completely missed the idea that this is a synonym. The way it's worded, "...are members of...", I thought this was a subset of the Carcharhinidae. Should this be more explicitly worded? Fireproeng 19:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get it, either - the intro should specify how this family is distinguished from other families, and what number of sharks we're talking about. Is this 80% of sharks? 20%? Comet Tuttle (talk) 21:24, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The intro does say "The eyes are round, and the pectoral fins are completely behind the five gillslits. Most species are viviparous, the young being born fully developed." Fishbase reference states "Distribution: global. Gill openings 5, the fifth behind origin of pectoral fin. Small to large sharks with round eyes, internal nictitating eyelids, no nasoral grooves or barbels, usually no spiracles. Teeth usually bladelike with one cusp. Development usually viviparous with young born fully developed. Includes several dangerous species, but most prefer to avoid divers." so some more can be added, but hard to state what distinguished this family from others, it is more a combination. I'm not really sure what you want, this is a pretty large group that is diverse. As for how big, maybe we could add that it is about 12% of all sharks species, but then we really need to define how many species there are and that is not that simple :-). I added a picture that shows the 'suurounding groups, it helps a bit to put the topic into context. --Stefan ^talk 03:47, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]