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WoRMS taxon details
Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810 AphiaID: 105746
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Typetaxon | | Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (type by monotypy)
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| Parent | | Odontaspididae Müller & Henle, 1839 |
Synonymised
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Charcharias (misspelling)
Eugomphodus Gill, 1861 (synonym)
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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]
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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]
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. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 105, 20 fold. Pl pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 10 [details]
from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]
from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]
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[show all] | | Species Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
Species Carcharias tricuspidatus Day, 1878
Species Carcharias aaronis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias abbreviatus Klunzinger, 1871 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias acutidens Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias acutus Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias aethalorus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias aethiops Philippi, 1902 accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias amblyrhynchos Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Carcharias amboinensis Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias arenarius Ogilby, 1911 accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
Species Carcharias atwoodi Storer, 1848 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias azureus Gilbert & Starks, 1904 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias bleekeri Duméril, 1865 accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias borneensis Seale, 1910 accepted as Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)
Species Carcharias borneensis Bleeker, 1858 accepted as Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858)
Species Carcharias brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias brachyurus Günther, 1870 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
Species Carcharias brevipinna Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias ceruleus DeKay, 1842 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Species Carcharias commersoni (Blainville, 1816) accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Carcharias crenidens Klunzinger, 1880 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias cuspidatus Day, 1878 accepted as Carcharias tricuspidatus Day, 1878
Species Carcharias dumerilii Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Loxodon macrorhinus Müller & Henle, 1839
Species Carcharias dussumieri Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias ehrenbergi Klunzinger, 1871 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias elegans Ehrenberg, 1871 accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Carcharias ellioti Day, 1878 accepted as Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871)
Species Carcharias eumeces Pietschmann, 1913 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias falciformis Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias falcipinnis Lowe, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias fasciatus Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
Species Carcharias ferox (Risso, 1810) accepted as Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810)
Species Carcharias forskalii Klunzinger, 1871 accepted as Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias fronto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868)
Species Carcharias galapagensis Snodgrass & Heller, 1905 accepted as Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)
Species Carcharias gangeticus Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias glyphis Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias gracilis Philippi, 1887 accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias griseus Ayres, 1843 accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
Species Carcharias hemiodon Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias hemprichii Klunzinger, 1871 accepted as Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
Species Carcharias henlei Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)
Species Carcharias henlei Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias hirundinaceus Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias insularum Snyder, 1904 accepted as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Species Carcharias isodon Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus isodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Species Carcharias javanicus Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias kamoharai Matsubara, 1936 accepted as Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936)
Species Carcharias lalandii Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Rhizoprionodon lalandii (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias lamiella Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
Species Carcharias latistomus (Fang & Wang, 1932) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Species Carcharias leucas Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias limbatus Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias longimanus (Poey, 1861) accepted as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Species Carcharias longurio Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Rhizoprionodon longurio (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Species Carcharias macloti Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus macloti (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias macrorhynchos Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Carcharias macrurus Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887 accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
Species Carcharias maculipinna Günther, 1868 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias malabaricus Day, 1873 accepted as Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias marianensis Engelhardt, 1912 accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Carcharias maso Morris, 1898 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Carcharias menisorrah Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias microps Lowe, 1841 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias milberti Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Species Carcharias muelleri Steindachner, 1867 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias muelleri Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Carcharias munzingeri Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 accepted as Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias murrayi Günther, 1883 accepted as Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias nesiotes Snyder, 1904 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Carcharias noronhai Maul, 1955 accepted as Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955)
Species Carcharias obesus Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias obtusirostris Moreau, 1881 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Species Carcharias obtusus Garman, 1881 accepted as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Species Carcharias owstoni Garman, 1913 accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
Species Carcharias oxyrhynchus Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias palasoora Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann, 1903 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias platensis (Lahille, 1928) accepted as Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
Species Carcharias playfairii Günther, 1870 accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934)
Species Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias porosus Ranzani, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839)
Species Carcharias pugae Pérez Canto, 1886 accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias remotus Duméril, 1865 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
Species Carcharias rondeletti Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1829 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias sealei Pietschmann, 1913 accepted as Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913)
Species Carcharias siamensis Steindachner, 1896 accepted as Glyphis siamensis (Steindachner, 1896)
Species Carcharias sorrah Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias sorrahkowah Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Carcharias sorrakowah Cuvier, 1817 accepted as Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838
Species Carcharias spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias spenceri Ogilby, 1910 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias stevensi Ogilby, 1911 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Species Carcharias taeniatus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias temminckii Müller & Henle, 1839 accepted as Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias tephrodes (Fowler, 1905) accepted as Lamiopsis tephrodes (Fowler, 1905)
Species Carcharias tigris Atwood, 1869 accepted as Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810
Species Carcharias tjutjot Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias verus Cloquet, 1817 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias vorax Owen, 1853 accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias vulgaris (Richardson, 1836) accepted as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcharias vulpes (Gmelin, 1789) accepted as Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Carcharias walbeehmi Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias walbeehmii (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias walbenii Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)
Species Carcharias watu Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946 accepted as Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias yangi Teng, 1959 accepted as Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936)
Species Carcharias zambesensis Peters, 1852 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Carcharias zambezensis Peters, 1852 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
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| Environment | | marine |
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Taeniacanthus carchariae Sumpf, 1871 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | To GenBank
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| Images | | 
[image from typetaxon]
Carcharias taurus
added on 2008-08-20 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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[image from typetaxon]
Sandtiger shark
added on 2011-02-28 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Shark Research Lab, Steven Campana ( )
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105746 |
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| | | Citation: WoRMS (2013). Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810. 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=105746 on 2013-05-25 |
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