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Carcharhinus Blainville 1816

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Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816

Whaler Sharks

Carcharhinus (subgenus of Squalus) Blainville, 1816: 121. Type species: Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824, 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.

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Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287A19552FFB5CFF75B0FFDCA220F

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4614567 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFABFFD99569FF8ECF605A0DFFF9206F (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/039287A19552FFB5CFF75B0FFDCA220F (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/181006891 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/7365/taxon/039287A19552FFB5CFF75B0FFDCA220F.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Carcharhinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Blainville
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

  • Blainville, H. de (1816) Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systematique du regne animal. Bulletin de la Societe Philomatique, Paris, 8, 105 - 112, 121 - 124.
  • Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1824) Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: de Freycinet, L., Voyage autour du Monde ... execute sur les corvettes de L. M. " L'Uranie " et " La Physicienne, " pendant les annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris. Description des Poissons. Chapter IX, 1824, pp. 1 - 328.
  • Bass, A. J., D'Aubrey, J. D. & Kistnasamy, N. (1973) Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. I. The genus Carcharhinus (Carcharhinidae). Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 33, 1 - 168.
  • Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (Eds.) (2020) Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: genera, species, and references. Available from: http: // researcharchive. calacademy. org / research / ichthyology / catalog / fishcatmain. asp (accessed 30 June 2020)