WoRMS name details
Carcharhinus platyodon (Poey, 1860)
217345 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217345)
unaccepted > misapplication
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Nomenclature Combination only used in Jordan & Evermann for a misidentification. See ECoF.
Nomenclature Combination only used in Jordan & Evermann for a misidentification. See ECoF. [details]
WoRMS (2026). Carcharhinus platyodon (Poey, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217345 on 2026-03-01
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source of synonymy
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
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Combination only used in Jordan & Evermann for a misidentification. See ECoF. [details]Unreviewed
Synonymy Needs confirmation. C. platyodon (non Poey 1860) misidentification for C. Plumbeus; C. platyodon (Poey, 1860) synonym of C. leucas. Apparently some confusion over authority of C. platyodon, since Eschmeyer supplied Author and year of description [details]
