Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 60

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4614775

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scientific name

Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
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Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 View in CoL View at ENA

Whaler Sharks

Carcharhinus View in CoL (subgenus of Squalus ) Blainville, 1816: 121. Type species: Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of the ICZN.

Remarks: The taxonomic nomenclature of the Carcharhinus species in South Africa is very convoluted with numerous examples of misidentifications, new species descriptions that later were reduced to junior synonyms, and changes to the genus name. Therefore, caution is advised with the individual species synonymies. The synonymies presented were taken from primary literature sources, especially Bass et al. (1973, 1986) and Eschmeyer’s Catalogue of Fishes ( Fricke et al., 2020), and from research by the present authors and discussions with knowledgeable individuals.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Carcharhiniformes

Family

Carcharhinidae

Loc

Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M. 2021
2021
Loc

Carcharhinus

Blainville, H. de 1816: 121
1816
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