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Carcharhinus platyodon Jord. & Ererm. 
AphiaID: 217345

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Carcharhinidae (Family) > Carcharhinus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Accepted name  Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Rank Species
Parent Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816
Source  source of synonymy: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Distribution Madagascar [details]
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
Note  Synonymy: Needs confirmation. C. platyodon (non Poey 1860) misidentification for C. Plumbeus; C. platyodon (Poey, 1860) synonym of C. leucas. Apparently some confusion over authority of C. platyodon, since Eschmeyer supplied Author and year of description [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217345
Taxonomic
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1997-06-25 13:20:55Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Carcharhinus platyodon Jord. & Ererm.. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217345 on 2013-05-21
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