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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) 
AphiaID: 217350

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 accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Carcharhinus de Blainville, 1816
Synonymised
taxa
  Carcharhinus amblyrhinchoides (Whitley, 1934) (misspelling)
Carcharhinus pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852 (synonym)
Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides Whitley, 1934
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English graceful shark  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Djibouti [details]
Somalia [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Note  Description: A little-known but probably common tropical, inshore and offshore, coastal pelagic species, found over the continental and insular shelves. Reported in attacks on humans. Potentially dangerous. Probably eats mostly fish. Viviparous. Utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217350
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides. 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=217350 on 2013-05-21
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