1818年、フランスの博物学者Charles Alexandre LesueurによりJournal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphiaに記載された。おそらく北米で捕獲したサメに基づいた記載であるが、タイプ標本は指定されなかった[3]。当時はSqualus属とされ、体色に因んでobscurus(ラテン語で"暗い")という種小名が与えられた[4][5]。その後Carcharhinus属に移された。
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