WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
AphiaID: 105689
AphiaID: 105689
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Carcharhiniformes | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Galeocerdo Müller & Henle, 1837 Genus Galeolamna Genus Glyphis Agassiz, 1843 Genus Isogomphodon Genus Lamiopsis Genus Loxodon Müller & Henle, 1838 Genus Nasolamia Genus Negaprion Whitley, 1940 Genus Prionace Cantor, 1849 Genus Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 Genus Scoliodon Müller & Henle, 1837 Genus Triaenodon Philippi, 1876 Genus Apeionodon accepted as Aprionodon Gill, 1861 accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Aprionodon Gill, 1861 accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Carcharins accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Carcharinus accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Carcharius accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Cynocephalus Gill (ex Klein), 1862 accepted as Prionace Cantor, 1849 Genus Cynocephalus Klein, 1777 accepted as Prionace Cantor, 1849 Genus Eulamia accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Galeocerda accepted as Galeocerdo Müller & Henle, 1837 Genus Gillisqualus accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Gymnorhinus accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Hemigaleops accepted as Negaprion Whitley, 1940 Genus Hypoprion accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Longmania accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Mystidens accepted as Negaprion Whitley, 1940 Genus Physodon accepted as Scoliodon Müller & Henle, 1837 Genus Platypodon accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Prionacea accepted as Prionace Cantor, 1849 Genus Prionidon accepted as Prionodon Müller & Henle, 1838 accepted as Prionace Cantor, 1849 Genus Prionodon Müller & Henle, 1838 accepted as Prionace Cantor, 1849 Genus Protozygaena accepted as Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 Genus Pterolamiops Springer, 1951 accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 Genus Rhizopriodon accepted as Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 Genus Rizoprionodon accepted as Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 Genus Scolliodon accepted as Scoliodon Müller & Henle, 1837 Genus Thalassinus accepted as Prionace Cantor, 1849 Genus Thalassorhinus accepted as Prionace Cantor, 1849 Genus Trianodon accepted as Triaenodon Philippi, 1876 Genus Uranga accepted as Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Distribution: global. Gill openings 5, the fifth behind origin of pectoral fin. Small to large sharks with round eyes, internal nictitating eyelids, no nasoral grooves or barbels, usually no spiracles. Teeth usually bladelike with one cusp. Development usually viviparous. [details] Remark: Carcharhinidae in Fishbase 96 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105689 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Carcharhinidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105689 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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