Carcharhinus
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Martinez, Olga
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105719 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2014-11-21T14:09:37Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
class: Elasmobranchii
family: Carcharhinidae
genus: Carcharhinus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.]. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124.
name published in: Gilbert, C. H. (1892). Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 14 (no. 880): 539-566.
name published in: Whitley, G. P. (1934). Notes on some Australian sharks. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. v. 10 (pt 4): 180-200, Pls. 27-29.
name published in year: 1816
name published in year: 1892
name published in year: 1934
order: Carcharhiniformes
parent name usage ID: 105689
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: Blainville, 1816
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted