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title: "Gladtandzwarttiphaai"
description: "Carcharhinus leiodon — Vissen. The smoothtooth blacktip shark (Carcharhinus leiodon) is a species of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/smoothtooth-blacktip-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gladtandzwarttiphaai

> Carcharhinus leiodon — Vissen. The smoothtooth blacktip shark (Carcharhinus leiodon) is a species of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae.

- Scientific name: *Carcharhinus leiodon*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2
- Wikidata: [Q1529944](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1529944)
- iNaturalist taxon: [96759](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96759)

## Names

- en: Smoothtooth Blacktip Shark
- de: Glattzahn-Schwarzspitzenhai
- es: Tiburón dentiliso
- nl: Gladtandzwarttiphaai

## Summary

The smoothtooth blacktip shark (Carcharhinus leiodon) is a species of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae. It is known only from the type specimen caught from the Gulf of Aden, off eastern Yemen, and a handful of additional specimens caught from the Persian Gulf, off Kuwait. Reaching 1.3 m (4.3 ft) in length, this species has a stocky greenish-colored body, a short snout, and black-tipped fins. It can be distinguished from similar species by its teeth, which are narrow, erect, and smooth-edged.
Little is known of the smoothtooth blacktip shark's natural history; it likely inhabits shallow waters and feeds on…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothtooth_blacktip_shark

## Photo

![Gladtandzwarttiphaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smoothtooth-blacktip-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: J.A.F. Garrick · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carcharhinus_leiodon_nmfs_2.png

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/smoothtooth-blacktip-shark?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).