Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)

Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), Zootaxa 5402 (1), pp. 1-99 : 8-9

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scientific name	Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
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2. Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) View in CoL

Common name. Bull shark

Taxonomy. Original description: Carcharias (Prionodon) leucas Valenciennes, 1839: 42 [Antilles, western Atlantic; syntypes: (4) MNHN A–9650 (1, dry), A–9652 (1, dry), uncat. (2, lost)] .

Revisions. Compagno (1984: 478).

Illustrations. Hussain et al. (2012).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Kooseh, Kooseh-kuli, Sag mahi.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Coad (2015); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: None.

Conservation. —IUCN: VU.

Actinopteri

Acipenseriformes