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Galeolamna 
AphiaID: 296656

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Carcharhinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Source  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Galeolamna pleurotaenia

Species Galeolamna ahenea (Stead, 1938) accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
Species Galeolamna bogimba Whitley, 1943 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Galeolamna coongoola Whitley, 1964 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Galeolamna dorsalis Whitley, 1944 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Species Galeolamna eblis Whitley, 1944 accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
Species Galeolamna fitzroyensis Whitley, 1943 accepted as Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943)
Species Galeolamna fowleri Whitley, 1944 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Galeolamna greyi Owen, 1853 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870)
Species Galeolamna greyi Owen, 1853 accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
Species Galeolamna isobel Whitley, 1947 accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Galeolamna leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Galeolamna macrurus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887) accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
Species Galeolamna mckaili Whitley, 1945 accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Species Galeolamna stevensi (Ogilby, 1911) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Species Galeolamna tufiensis Whitley, 1949 accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
Environment marine, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:296656
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-02-21 16:46:40Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Galeolamna. 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=296656 on 2013-05-18
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