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Eugomphodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) 
AphiaID: 217630

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order) > Odontaspididae (Family) > Eugomphodus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
Rank Species
Parent Eugomphodus Gill, 1861 accepted as Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810
Synonymised
taxa
  Eugmophodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) (misspelling)
Sources  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]

source of synonymy: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian peshkaqen i egër  [details]
English sandtiger shark  [details]
Hebrew כריש-שן שורי  [details]
Turkish pamuk baligi  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Host of  Alebion crassus (Bere, 1936) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To FishBase
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Description: Possibly rounded-pointed snout and absence of labial furrows (see account of Eugomphodus tricuspidatus) [details]
Images 
Eugomphodus taurus
Eugomphodus taurus
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Eugomphodus taurus
Eugomphodus taurus
added on 2009-06-08 - author: Collection Karl-Heinz Dau
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217630
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-07-22 12:02:03Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Eugomphodus taurus (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=217630 on 2013-06-20
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