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Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

1010465  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1010465)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Chondrichthyes (Class)
  6. Carcharhiniformes (Order)
  7. Carcharhinidae (Family)
  8. Carcharhinus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Apeionodon · unaccepted (misspelling)
Aprionodon Gill, 1861 · unaccepted
Bogimba Whitley, 1943 · unaccepted
Carcharins · unaccepted (misspelling)
Carcharinus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Carcharius · unaccepted (misspelling)
Carharhinus · unaccepted
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 aculeatus (Davis, 1888) †
  3. Species Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)
  4. Species Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950)
  5. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)
  6. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
  7. Species Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  8. Species Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858)
  9. Species Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  10. Species Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  11. Species Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945)
  12. Species Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  13. Species Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  14. Species Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943)
  15. Species Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)
  16. Species Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  17. Species Carcharhinus isodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  18. Species Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985
  19. Species Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  20. Species Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  21. Species Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
  22. Species Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  23. Species Carcharhinus macrops Liu, 1983
  24. Species Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  25. Species Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
  26. Species Carcharhinus perezi (Poey, 1876)
  27. Species Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  28. Species Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)
  29. Species Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)
  30. Species Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)
  31. Species Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  32. Species Carcharhinus tenuidens
  33. Species Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950)
  34. Species Carcharhinus acarenatus Moreno & Hoyos, 1983 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  35. Species Carcharhinus acutus (Rüppell, 1837) accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
  36. Species Carcharhinus ahenea (Stead, 1938) accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  37. Species Carcharhinus ambioensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  38. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhinchoides (Whitley, 1934) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)
  39. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhinchos (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
  40. Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
  41. Species Carcharhinus atrodorsus Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  42. Species Carcharhinus azureus (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  43. Species Carcharhinus bleekeri (Duméril, 1865) accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  44. Species Carcharhinus brevipina (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  45. Species Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, 1898 accepted as Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)
  46. Species Carcharhinus cyrano Whitley, 1930 accepted as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  47. Species Carcharhinus falciformes (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  48. Species Carcharhinus floridanus Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1943 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  49. Species Carcharhinus floridianus Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1943 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  50. Species Carcharhinus gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  51. Species Carcharhinus glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  52. Species Carcharhinus improvisus Smith, 1952 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  53. Species Carcharhinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961 accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
  54. Species Carcharhinus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  55. Species Carcharhinus johnsoni Smith, 1951 accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  56. Species Carcharhinus macki (Phillipps, 1935) accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
  57. Species Carcharhinus maculipinnis (Poey, 1865) accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  58. Species Carcharhinus maou (Lesson, 1831) accepted as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
  59. Species Carcharhinus melanoptures (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  60. Species Carcharhinus menisorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  61. Species Carcharhinus menisorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  62. Species Carcharhinus menisorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
  63. Species Carcharhinus menisorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)
  64. Species Carcharhinus microphthalmus Chu, 1960 accepted as Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  65. Species Carcharhinus milberti (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  66. Species Carcharhinus natator Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  67. Species Carcharhinus nicaraguensis (Gill, 1877) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  68. Species Carcharhinus obscurella Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981 accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
  69. Species Carcharhinus oxyrhinchus (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  70. Species Carcharhinus oxyrhynchus (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  71. Species Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876) accepted as Carcharhinus perezi (Poey, 1876)
  72. Species Carcharhinus platyodon Jord. & Ererm. accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  73. Species Carcharhinus platyrhynchus (Gilbert, 1892) accepted as Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)
  74. Species Carcharhinus pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)
  75. Species Carcharhinus radamae Fourmanoir, 1961 accepted as Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950)
  76. Species Carcharhinus remotoides Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1981 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  77. Species Carcharhinus remotus (Duméril, 1865) accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  78. Species Carcharhinus rochensis Abella, 1972 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
  79. Species Carcharhinus spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  80. Species Carcharhinus springeri (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944) accepted as Carcharhinus perezi (Poey, 1876)
  81. Species Carcharhinus stevensi Ogilby, 1911 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
  82. Species Carcharhinus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
  83. Species Carcharhinus temmincki (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  84. Species Carcharhinus tephrodes Fowler, 1905 accepted as Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  85. Species Carcharhinus tilsoni (Whitley, 1950) accepted as Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950)
  86. Species Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  87. Species Carcharhinus vanrooyeni Smith, 1958 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  88. Species Carcharhinus velox Gilbert, 1898 accepted as Nasolamia velox (Gilbert, 1898)
  89. Species Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick, 1982 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
  90. Species Carcharhinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris
page(s): 121 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Blainville, 1816. Available name (validated by ICZN). (as subgenus of Squalus). Genus placed...  
Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Blainville, 1816. Available name (validated by ICZN). (as subgenus of Squalus). Genus placed on Official List (Opinion 723). Carcharorhinus Agassiz 1846, and Carcharinus Cloquet 1817 placed on the Official Index. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1010465 on 2025-01-24
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 08:30:58Z
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2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris
page(s): 121 [details] 

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details] 

basis of record Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer) [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Gillisqualus Whitley, 1934) Mem. Queensland Mus., 10
page(s): 189 [details] 

original description (of Hypoprionodon Gill, 1862) Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. York, 7
page(s): 409 [details] 

original description (of Galeolamnoides Whitley, 1934) Mem. Queensland Mus., 10
page(s): 191 [details] 

original description (of Isoplagiodon Gill, 1862) Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. York, 7, 410 (also as Isoplagiodus). [details] 

original description (of Bogimba Whitley, 1943) Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 68
page(s): 123 [details] 

original description (of Carcharorhinus Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details] 

original description (of Isoplagipdus Gill, 1862) Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. York, 7, 410 (as Isoplagiodon; also as Isoplagiodus). [details] 

original description (of Pterolamiops Springer, 1951) Copeia, 1951
page(s): 244 [details] 

original description (of Ogilamia Whitley, 1939) Aust. Zool., 9
page(s): 231 [details] 

original description (of Uranganops Whitley, 1943) Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 68
page(s): 117 [details] 

original description (of Mapolamia Whitley, 1934) Mem. Queensland Mus., 10
page(s): 188 [details] 

original description (of Longmania Whitley, 1939) Aust. Zool., 9
page(s): 231 [details] 

original description (of Aprion Müller & Henle, 1839) Syst. Beschr. Plagiost., (2
page(s): 31 [details] 

original description (of Uranga Whitley, 1943) Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 68
page(s): 115 [details] 

original description (of Platypodon Gill, 1862) Ann. Lyceum N. York, 7
page(s): 401 [details] 

original description (of Lamnarius Whitley, 1943) Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 68
page(s): 119 [details] 

original description (of Carcharias Cuvier, 1816) R. Anim., 2
page(s): 125 [details] 

original description (of Pterolamia Springer, 1950) Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1451
page(s): 7 [details] 

original description (of Hypoprion Müller & Henle, 1838) Syst. Plagiost.
page(s): 34 [details] 

original description (of Eulamia Gill, 1862) Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. York, 7
page(s): 409 [details] 

original description (of Aprionodon Gill, 1861) Gill, T.N. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1861(suppl.): 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683686
page(s): 59 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mostly Marine. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Blainville, 1816. Available name (validated by ICZN). (as subgenus of Squalus). Genus placed on Official List (Opinion 723). Carcharorhinus Agassiz 1846, and Carcharinus Cloquet 1817 placed on the Official Index. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard 1824 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Gillisqualus Whitley, 1934)
To BioNames database (from synonym Galeolamnoides Whitley, 1934)
To BioNames database (from synonym Mapolamia Whitley, 1934)
To BioNames database (from synonym Pterolamiops Springer, 1951)
To BioNames database (from synonym Pterolamia Springer, 1950)
To BioNames database (from synonym Lamnarius Whitley, 1943)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Pterolamia Springer, 1950)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Mapolamia Whitley, 1934)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Lamnarius Whitley, 1943)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Gillisqualus Whitley, 1934)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Pterolamiops Springer, 1951)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Galeolamnoides Whitley, 1934)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Gillisqualus Whitley, 1934)
To WoRMS (from synonym Pterolamiops Springer, 1951)
To WoRMS (from synonym Gymnorhinus Hilgendorf in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899)
To WoRMS (from synonym Carcharinus)
To WoRMS (from synonym Longmania Whitley, 1939)
To WoRMS (from synonym Uranga Whitley, 1943)
To WoRMS (from synonym Platypodon Gill, 1862)
To WoRMS (from synonym Hypoprion Müller & Henle, 1838)
To WoRMS (from synonym Eulamia Gill, 1862)
To WoRMS (from synonym Aprionodon Gill, 1861)
To WoRMS (from synonym Apeionodon)
To WoRMS (from synonym Carcharins)
To WoRMS (from synonym Carcharius)
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