WoRMS taxon details
Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
271322 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271322)
accepted
Species
Carcharias hemiodon Valenciennes, 1839 · unaccepted
Carcharias watu Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946 · unaccepted
Hypoprion atripinna Chu, 1960 · unaccepted
Hypoprion atripinnis Chu, 1960 · unaccepted
Hypoprion hemiodon (Valenciennes, 1839) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Carcharias hemiodon Valenciennes, 1839) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271322 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Carcharias hemiodon Valenciennes, 1839) Müller, J.; Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. <em>Veit und Comp., Berlin.</em> i-xxii + 1-200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1-28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27-28, 29-102 in 1839, i-xxii + 103-200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6352890#page/39/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Hypoprion atripinna Chu, 1960) Chu, Y.-T. (1960). Cartilaginous fishes of China. i-x + 1-225. [In Chinese. Author's name sometimes given as Zhu.]. [details]
original description (of Hypoprion atripinnis Chu, 1960) Chu, Y.-T. (1960). Cartilaginous fishes of China. i-x + 1-225. [In Chinese. Author's name sometimes given as Zhu.]. [details]
original description (of Hypoprion atripinna Chu, 1960) Chu, Y.-T. (1960). Cartilaginous fishes of China. i-x + 1-225. [In Chinese. Author's name sometimes given as Zhu.]. [details]
original description (of Hypoprion atripinnis Chu, 1960) Chu, Y.-T. (1960). Cartilaginous fishes of China. i-x + 1-225. [In Chinese. Author's name sometimes given as Zhu.]. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Carcharias hemiodon Valenciennes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Hypoprion hemiodon (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias watu Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion atripinna Chu, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion atripinnis Chu, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion hemiodon (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias hemiodon Valenciennes, 1839)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Carcharias hemiodon Valenciennes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Hypoprion hemiodon (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias watu Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion atripinna Chu, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion atripinnis Chu, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypoprion hemiodon (Valenciennes, 1839))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias hemiodon Valenciennes, 1839)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To ITIS
