WoRMS name details
Carcharinus Blainville, 1816
205250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205250)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Genus
- Species Carcharinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) accepted as Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus altimus (Springer, 1950) accepted as Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus amblyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Carcharinus amblyrhyncus (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Carcharinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus brevipinna Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) accepted as Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Carcharinus improvisus Smith, 1952 accepted as Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) (synonym)
- Species Carcharinus iranzae Fourmanoir, 1961 accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818)
- Species Carcharinus johnsoni Smith, 1951 accepted as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
- Species Carcharinus latistomus Fang & Wang, 1932 accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
- Species Carcharinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) accepted as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus melanoptera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus milberti (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus milberti (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, also junior synonym)
- Species Carcharinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) accepted as Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) accepted as Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus radamae Fourmanoir, 1961 accepted as Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950)
- Species Carcharinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted as Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus zambesensis (Peters, 1852) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
- Species Carcharinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852) accepted as Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Carcharinus Blainville, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205250 on 2026-08-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816) Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. [Prodrome of a new systematic distribution of the animal kingdom.]. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153426
page(s): 121 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 121 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Carcharinus is placed in famile Galeorhinidae in Macnae, W. & Kalk, M. (1958). [details]
