Carcharhinus melanopterus
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105795 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
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: Engelhardt, R. (1912). Über einige neue Selachier-Formen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. v. 39 (nos 21/22): 643-648.
name published in: Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.
name published in: Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M. 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65.
name published in year: 1816
name published in year: 1912
name published in year: 1870
name published in year: 1824-1825
order: Carcharhiniformes
parent name usage ID: 105719
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
specific epithet: melanopterus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted