Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dataset
- The National Checklist of Taiwan (Catalogue of Life in Taiwan, TaiCoL)
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Lamniformes
- family
- Lamnidae
- genus
- Carcharodon
diagnostic
Trunk fusiform and moderately slender to stout. Head shorter than trunk. Snout moderately long, pointed and conical, but not greatly elongated, flattened or bladelike. Gill openings large, extending onto dorsal surface of head, and all anterior to pectoral fin bases. Internal gill slits without gillrakers. Anterior and lateral teeth are narrow and awl or bladelike to broad, compressed and triangular. First dorsal fin large, high, erect and angular. Second dorsal and anal fin much smaller than 1st dorsal fin, and with pivoting bases. Pectoral fins long and narrow. Pelvic fins small, much smaller than 1st dorsal fin but larger than 2nd dorsal fin. Caudal fin lunate. Precaudal pits present, caudal peduncle strongly depressed and with strong keels.
distribution
Western Atlantic from Newfoundland to Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, northern Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Eastern Atlantic from France to Mediterranean, Madeira, Canary Island, Senegal, Ghana, Zaire. Western Indian Ocean including South Africa, Seychel
Name
- Synonyms
- Carcharias atwoodi Storer, 1848
- Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810
- Carcharias maso Morris, 1898
- Carcharias rondeletti Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1829
- Carcharias verus Cloquet, 1817
- Carcharias vorax Owen, 1853
- Carcharias vulgaris (Richardson, 1836)
- Carcharodon albimors Whitley, 1939
- Carcharodon capensis Smith, 1839
- Carcharodon rondeletii Müller & Henle, 1839
- Carcharodon smithi Bonaparte, 1838
- Carcharodon smithii Agassiz, 1838
- Squalus carcharias Linnaeus, 1758
- Squalus lamia Blainville, 1825
- Squalus vulgaris Richardson, 1836
- Homonyms
- Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)