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Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810

105746  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105746)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Elasmobranchii (Class)
  8. Neoselachii (Subclass)
  9. Selachii (Infraclass)
  10. Galeomorphi (Superorder)
  11. Lamniformes (Order)
  12. Odontaspididae (Family)
  13. Carcharias (Genus)
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Genus
Charcharias · unaccepted (misspelling)
Eugmophodus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Eugomphodus Gill, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
  2. Species Carcharias tricuspidatus Day, 1878
  3. Subgenus Carcharias (Aprion) Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 (synonym)
  4. Species Carcharias aaronis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
  5. Species Carcharias abbreviatus Klunzinger, 1871 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  6. Species Carcharias acutidens Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)
  7. Species Carcharias acutus Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
  8. Species Carcharias aethalorus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  9. Species Carcharias aethiops Philippi, 1902 accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (ambiguous synonym)
  10. Species Carcharias albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)
  11. Species Carcharias amblyrhynchos Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
  12. Species Carcharias amboinensis Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  13. Species Carcharias arenarias Ogilby, 1911 accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  14. Species Carcharias arenarius Ogilby, 1911 accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
  15. Species Carcharias atwoodi Storer, 1848 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  16. Species Carcharias azureus Gilbert & Starks, 1904 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
  17. Species Carcharias bleekeri Duméril, 1865 accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839)
  18. Species Carcharias borneensis Seale, 1910 accepted as Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)
  19. Species Carcharias borneensis Bleeker, 1858 accepted as Eulamia borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) accepted as Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Carcharias brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  21. Species Carcharias brachyurus Günther, 1870 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  22. Species Carcharias brevipinna Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  23. Species Carcharias ceruleus DeKay, 1842 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  24. Species Carcharias commersoni (Blainville, 1816) accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  25. Species Carcharias crenidens Klunzinger, 1880 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
  26. Species Carcharias cuspidatus Day, 1878 accepted as Carcharias tricuspidatus Day, 1878 (misspelling)
  27. Species Carcharias dumerilii Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Loxodon macrorhinus Müller & Henle, 1839
  28. Species Carcharias dussumieri Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  29. Species Carcharias ehrenbergi Klunzinger, 1871 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  30. Species Carcharias elegans Ehrenberg, 1871 accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  31. Species Carcharias ellioti Day, 1878 accepted as Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871)
  32. Species Carcharias eumeces Pietschmann, 1913 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
  33. Species Carcharias falciformis Bibron, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  34. Species Carcharias falcipinnis Lowe, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  35. Species Carcharias fasciatus Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
  36. Species Carcharias ferox (Risso, 1810) accepted as Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810)
  37. Species Carcharias forskalii Klunzinger, 1871 accepted as Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)
  38. Species Carcharias fronto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868)
  39. Species Carcharias galapagensis Snodgrass & Heller, 1905 accepted as Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)
  40. Species Carcharias gangeticus Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  41. Species Carcharias glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  42. Species Carcharias glyphis Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  43. Species Carcharias gracilis Philippi, 1887 accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
  44. Species Carcharias griseus Ayres, 1843 accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
  45. Species Carcharias hemiodon Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  46. Species Carcharias hemprichii Klunzinger, 1871 accepted as Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
  47. Species Carcharias henlei Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)
  48. Species Carcharias henlei Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  49. Species Carcharias hirundinaceus Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  50. Species Carcharias insularum Snyder, 1904 accepted as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
  51. Species Carcharias isodon Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus isodon (Valenciennes, 1839)
  52. Species Carcharias japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  53. Species Carcharias javanicus Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852) (synonym)
  54. Species Carcharias kamoharai Matsubara, 1936 accepted as Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936) (basionym)
  55. Species Carcharias lalandii Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Rhizoprionodon lalandii (Valenciennes, 1839)
  56. Species Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  57. Species Carcharias lamiella Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  58. Species Carcharias latistomus (Fang & Wang, 1932) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  59. Species Carcharias leucas Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
  60. Species Carcharias limbatus Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  61. Species Carcharias littoralis (Lesueur, 1818) accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
  62. Species Carcharias longimanus (Poey, 1861) accepted as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
  63. Species Carcharias longurio Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Rhizoprionodon longurio (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
  64. Species Carcharias macloti Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  65. Species Carcharias macrorhynchos Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) (synonym)
  66. Species Carcharias macrurus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887 accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
  67. Species Carcharias maculipinna Günther, 1868 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  68. Species Carcharias malabaricus Day, 1873 accepted as Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  69. Species Carcharias marianensis Engelhardt, 1912 accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  70. Species Carcharias maso Morris, 1898 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  71. Species Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  72. Species Carcharias menisorrah Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  73. Species Carcharias microps Lowe, 1841 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  74. Species Carcharias milberti Valenciennes in Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  75. Species Carcharias muelleri Steindachner, 1867 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  76. Species Carcharias muelleri Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838
  77. Species Carcharias mülleri Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838 (junior synonym)
  78. Species Carcharias munzingeri Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 accepted as Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)
  79. Species Carcharias murrayi Günther, 1883 accepted as Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  80. Species Carcharias nesiotes Snyder, 1904 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
  81. Species Carcharias noronhai Maul, 1955 accepted as Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955)
  82. Species Carcharias obesus Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837)
  83. Species Carcharias obtusirostris Moreau, 1881 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  84. Species Carcharias obtusus Garman, 1881 accepted as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
  85. Species Carcharias owstoni Garman, 1913 accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
  86. Species Carcharias oxyrhynchus Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  87. Species Carcharias palasorra Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838
  88. Species Carcharias pelagicus Cadenat, 1963 accepted as Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936)
  89. Species Carcharias pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1871 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  90. Species Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann, 1903 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  91. Species Carcharias platensis (Lahille, 1928) accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
  92. Species Carcharias playfairii Günther, 1870 accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  93. Species Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Carcharhinus pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (synonym)
  94. Species Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)
  95. Species Carcharias pugae Pérez Canto, 1886 accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  96. Species Carcharias remotus Duméril, 1865 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  97. Species Carcharias rondeletii (Risso, 1810) accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (senior synonym)
  98. Species Carcharias rondeletti Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1829 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  99. Species Carcharias sealei Pietschmann, 1913 accepted as Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)
  100. Species Carcharias siamensis Steindachner, 1896 accepted as Glyphis siamensis (Steindachner, 1896)
  101. Species Carcharias sorrah Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839)
  102. Species Carcharias sorrahkowah Bleeker, 1853 (unaccepted)
  103. Species Carcharias spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) (unaccepted)
  104. Species Carcharias spenceri Ogilby, 1910 (unaccepted)
  105. Species Carcharias stevensi Ogilby, 1911 (unaccepted)
  106. Species Carcharias taeniatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 (unaccepted)
  107. Species Carcharias temminckii Müller & Henle, 1839 (unaccepted)
  108. Species Carcharias tephrodes (Fowler, 1905) (unaccepted)
  109. Species Carcharias tigris Atwood, 1869 (unaccepted)
  110. Species Carcharias tjutjot Bleeker, 1852 (unaccepted, synonym)
  111. Species Carcharias verus Cloquet, 1817 (unaccepted)
  112. Species Carcharias vorax Owen, 1853 (unaccepted)
  113. Species Carcharias vulgaris (Richardson, 1836) (unaccepted)
  114. Species Carcharias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789) (unaccepted)
  115. Species Carcharias walbeehmi Bleeker, 1856 (unaccepted)
  116. Species Carcharias walbeehmii (Bleeker, 1856) (unaccepted)
  117. Species Carcharias walbenii Bleeker, 1856 (unaccepted, misspelling)
  118. Species Carcharias watu Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946 (unaccepted)
  119. Species Carcharias yangi Teng, 1959 (unaccepted)
  120. Species Carcharias zambesensis Peters, 1852 (unaccepted, misspelling)
  121. Species Carcharias zambezensis Peters, 1852 (unaccepted)
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Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details] OpenAccess publication
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105746 on 2024-11-24
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original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 10 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 
 
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Carcharias taurus
Carcharias taurus
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Eugomphodus taurus
Eugomphodus taurus
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Odontaspis taurus
Odontaspis taurus
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Eugomphodus taurus
Eugomphodus taurus
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Sandtiger shark
Sandtiger shark
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