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Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

105719  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105719)

  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. Carcharhiniformes (Order)
  12. Carcharhinidae (Family)
  13. Carcharhinus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Apeionodon · unaccepted (misspelling)
Aprionodon Gill, 1861 · unaccepted
Carcharicus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Carcharins · unaccepted (misspelling)
Carcharinus Blainville, 1816 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Carcharius · unaccepted (misspelling)
Eulamia Gill, 1862 · unaccepted
Platypodon Gill, 1862 · unaccepted
Pterolamiops Springer, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
Uranga Whitley, 1943 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860)
  2. Species Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)
  3. Species Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950)
  4. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)
  5. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
  6. Species Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  7. Species Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858)
  8. Species Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  9. Species Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  10. Species Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945)
  11. Species Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, 1898
  12. Species Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939)
  13. Species Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  14. Species Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  15. Species Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943)
  16. Species Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)
  17. Species Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  18. Species Carcharhinus humani White & Weigmann, 2014
  19. Species Carcharhinus isodon (Valenciennes, 1839)
  20. Species Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985
  21. Species Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
  22. Species Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  23. Species Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
  24. Species Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  25. Species Carcharhinus macrops Liu, 1983
  26. Species Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  27. Species Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
  28. Species Carcharhinus obsoletus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019
  29. Species Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876)
  30. Species Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  31. Species Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)
  32. Species Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)
  33. Species Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)
  34. Species Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839)
  35. Species Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950)
  36. Species Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852)
  37. Species Carcharhinus acarenatus Moreno & Hoyos, 1983 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  38. Species Carcharhinus acutus (Rüppell, 1837) accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
  39. Species Carcharhinus aethalorus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (junior synonym)
  40. Species Carcharhinus ahenea (Stead, 1938) accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  41. Species Carcharhinus ambioensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling)
  42. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhinchoides (Whitley, 1934) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) (misspelling)
  43. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling)
  44. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling)
  45. Species Carcharhinus atrodorsus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  46. Species Carcharhinus azureus (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
  47. Species Carcharhinus bleekeri (Duméril, 1865) accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839)
  48. Species Carcharhinus brevipina (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling)
  49. Species Carcharhinus brevipinnis (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  50. Species Carcharhinus cyrano Whitley, 1930 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  51. Species Carcharhinus falciformes (Bibron, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling)
  52. Species Carcharhinus floridanus Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1943 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  53. Species Carcharhinus gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  54. Species Carcharhinus glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  55. Species Carcharhinus improvisus Smith, 1952 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  56. Species Carcharhinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961 accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) (junior synonym )
  57. Species Carcharhinus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  58. Species Carcharhinus johnsoni Smith, 1951 accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) (junior synonym)
  59. Species Carcharhinus lamiella (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) (junior synonym)
  60. Species Carcharhinus macki (Phillipps, 1935) accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
  61. Species Carcharhinus maculipinnis (Poey, 1865) accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  62. Species Carcharhinus maou (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
  63. Species Carcharhinus melanoptures (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling)
  64. Species Carcharhinus melanoterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  65. Species Carcharhinus menisorrah (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) (Synonym)
  66. Species Carcharhinus menissorrah (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  67. Species Carcharhinus microphthalmus Chu, 1960 accepted as Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  68. Species Carcharhinus milberti (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  69. Species Carcharhinus natator Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  70. Species Carcharhinus nicaraguensis (Gill, 1877) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
  71. Species Carcharhinus obscurella Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981 accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
  72. Species Carcharhinus obsolerus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019 accepted as Carcharhinus obsoletus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  73. Species Carcharhinus oxyrhinchus (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
  74. Species Carcharhinus oxyrhynchus (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  75. Species Carcharhinus perezi (Poey, 1876) accepted as Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876)
  76. Species Carcharhinus platyodon (Poey, 1860) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) (unaccepted > misapplication)
  77. Species Carcharhinus platyrhynchus (Gilbert, 1892) accepted as Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)
  78. Species Carcharhinus pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  79. Species Carcharhinus radamae Fourmanoir, 1961 accepted as Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) (junior synonym)
  80. Species Carcharhinus remotoides Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  81. Species Carcharhinus remotus (Duméril, 1865) accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  82. Species Carcharhinus rochensis Abella, 1972 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  83. Species Carcharhinus spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839)
  84. Species Carcharhinus springeri (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944) accepted as Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876)
  85. Species Carcharhinus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
  86. Species Carcharhinus temmincki (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  87. Species Carcharhinus tephrodes Fowler, 1905 accepted as Lamiopsis tephrodes (Fowler, 1905)
  88. Species Carcharhinus tilsoni (Whitley, 1950) accepted as Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950) (misspelling)
  89. Species Carcharhinus vanrooyeni Smith, 1958 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
  90. Species Carcharhinus velox Gilbert, 1898 accepted as Nasolamia velox (Gilbert, 1898)
  91. Species Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick, 1982 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
  92. Species Carcharhinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153426
page(s): 121 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105719 on 2024-11-21
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2013-03-11 10:36:30Z
checked
Bailly, Nicolas
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153426
page(s): 121 [details] 

original description (of Eulamia Gill, 1862) Gilbert, C. H. (1892). Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 14 (no. 880): 539-566. [details] 

original description (of Gillisqualus Whitley, 1934) Whitley, G. P. (1934). Notes on some Australian sharks. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> v. 10 (pt 4): 180-200, Pls. 27-29. [details] 

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] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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Japanese メジロザメ属  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnorhinus) (from synonym Gymnorhinus Hilgendorf, 1899)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus USNM 110313) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carcharhinus USNM 110942) 
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Unreviewed
Carcharhinus melanopterus
Carcharhinus melanopterus
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