CARCHARHINIFORMES

Matamoros, Wilfredo A., Schaefer, Jacob F. & Kreiser, Brian R., 2009, Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of continental and insular Honduras, Zootaxa 2307, pp. 1-38 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.275406
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6213901
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scientific name	CARCHARHINIFORMES
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CARCHARHINIFORMES

Carcharhinidae . Peripheral.

Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) . Bull shark, tiburón toro. Native.

Department: Gracias a Dios. Drainage: Atlantic slope: Patuca.

Remarks: Martin (1972) listed C. leucas in Honduras based on a photograph taken by Strong (1934) in the Patuca River. This is the only documented report of C. leucas in Honduran freshwaters. Greenfield & Thomerson (1997) referred to a C. leucas in the “Patula River”, which we assume is an error and they were in fact referring to the Patuca River.

Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) . Caribbean sharpnose shark, cazón antillano. Native. Department: Gracias a Dios. Drainages: Atlantic slope: Patuca and Coco.

References

Greenfield, D. W. & Thomerson, J. E. (1997) Fishes of the Continental Waters of Belize. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 311 pp.

Martin, M. (1972) A biogeographic analysis of the freshwater fishes of Honduras. Unpubl. Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Southern California. Los Angeles, 588. pp.

Strong, W. D. (1934) An archaeological cruise among the Islas de la Bahia of Honduras. Smithsonian Institution Explorations and Fieldwork, 1933 - 1934, 1 - 59.