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Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160267

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Eulamia Gill, 1862
		Galeolamna Owen, 1853
		Gillisqualus Whitley, 1934
		Platypodon Gill, 1862
		Pterolamiops Springer, 1951
		Uranga Whitley, 1943
		Aprionodon Gill, 1861
		Hypoprion Müller and Henle, 1838
	Common Name(s):	gray sharks [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2003

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Chondrichthyes
	Class	Chondrichthyes – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, tubarão, poissons cartilagineux, raies, requins
	Subclass	Elasmobranchii – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes
	Superorder	Euselachii
	Order	Carcharhiniformes – ground sharks
	Family	Carcharhinidae Jordan and Evermann, 1896 – mangeurs d'hommes, tiburones gambuso, requiem sharks
	Genus	Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 – gray sharks
		Direct Children:
	Species	Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) – tiburón cangüay, blacknose shark, tiburón limón
	Species	Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) – tiburón puntas blancas, silvertip shark
	Species	Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) – tiburón narizón, bignose shark, baboso
	Species	Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Whitley, 1934) – graceful shark
	Species	Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) – grey reef shark
	Species	Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller and Henle, 1839) – pigeye shark
	Species	Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) – borneo shark
	Species	Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) – tiburón cobrizo, copper shark, narrowtooth shark, bronze whaler
	Species	Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller and Henle, 1839) – tiburón curro, spinner shark, tiburón de arrecife
	Species	Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) – nervous shark
	Species	Carcharhinus dussumieri (Müller and Henle, 1839) – whitecheek shark
	Species	Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller and Henle, 1839) – tiburón piloto, silky shark, jaquetón
	Species	Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley, 1943) – creek whaler
	Species	Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass and Heller, 1905) – tiburón de Galápagos, Galapagos shark
	Species	Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller and Henle, 1839) – pondicherry shark
	Species	Carcharhinus isodon (Müller and Henle, 1839) – tiburón dentiliso, finetooth shark, galano dientefino
	Species	Carcharhinus leucas (Müller and Henle, 1839) – tiburón toro, bull shark, cabeza de batea
	Species	Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller and Henle, 1839) – tiburón volador, blacktip shark, balicero
	Species	Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) – tiburón oceánico, oceanic whitetip shark, galano
	Species	Carcharhinus macloti (Müller and Henle, 1839) – hardnose shark
	Species	Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) – blacktip reef shark
	Species	Carcharhinus menisorrah (Müller and Henle, 1839)
	Species	Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) – tiburón gambuso, dusky shark, tiburón amarillo
	Species	Carcharhinus perezii (Poey, 1876) – tiburón coralino, Caribbean reef shark, reef shark, cabeza dura
	Species	Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) – tiburón aleta de cartón, sandbar shark, arenero
	Species	Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1839) – tiburón poroso, smalltail shark
	Species	Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1913) – blackspot shark
	Species	Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868) – tiburón nocturno, night shark, tiburón de noche
	Species	Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller and Henle, 1839) – spot-tail shark
	Species	Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950)
	Species	Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick, 1982 – blacktail reef shark

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Carcharhinus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Carcharhinus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Compagno, Leonard J. V.
	Publication Date:	1984
	Article/Chapter Title:	Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 2
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	Publisher:	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
	Publication Place:	Rome, Italy
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	Reference for:	Carcharhinus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.
	Publication Date:	1999
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes
	Page(s):	471-498
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-6048-2
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Carcharhinus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Carcharhinus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Carcharhinus

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