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Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Elasmobranchii
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order
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Carcharhiniformes
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family
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Carcharhinidae
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genus
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Carcharhinus
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species
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Carcharhinus leucas
Name
- Synonyms
- Carcharhinus azureus (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
- Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Carcharhinus nicaraguensis (Gill, 1877)
- Carcharhinus vanrooyeni Smith, 1958
- Carcharhinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852)
- Carcharias azureus Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Carcharias leucas Müller & Henle, 1839
- Carcharias leucas Valenciennes, 1839
- Carcharias spenceri Ogilby, 1910
- Carcharias zambesensis Peters, 1852
- Carcharias zambezensis Peters, 1852
- Carcharicus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
- Carcharicus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Carcharinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
- Carcharinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Carcharinus zambesensis (Peters, 1852)
- Carcharinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852)
- Eulamia nicaraguensis Gill, 1877
- Galeolamna bogimba Whitley, 1943
- Galeolamna greyi mckaili Whitley, 1945
- Homonyms
- Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
- Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Common names
- Blåhaj in Danish
- Boriloha in Malagasy
- Bulhaai in Afrikaans
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bull shark in English
- Bullenhai in German
- Bullshark in English
- Cabeza de batea in Spanish
- Cabeça chata in Portuguese
- Cazón in Spanish
- Cazón in Spanish
- Cação in Portuguese
- Cação-fidalgo in Portuguese
- Cação-flamengo in Portuguese
- Chararm Hua-bart in Thai
- Chato in Spanish
- Cub shark in English
- Cub shark in English
- Cucut bekeman in Javanese
- Cá Mập lơ - ca in Vietnamese
- Ehouatagbo in language.
- Estuary shark in English
- Estuary whaler shark in English
- Freshwater whaler in English
- Freshwater whaler in English
- Freshwater whaler in English
- Gaïdé guedj in Wolof
- Ground shark in English
- Ground shark in English
- Grundhai in German
- Gråhaj in Swedish
- Hervey Bay whaler shark in English
- Hius buas in Javanese
- Härkähai in Finnish
- Ivanga sheu in language.
- Jarjur in Arabic
- Jerung in Malay
- Jerung sapi in Malay
- Kooseh in Persian
Bibliographic References
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Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and Lynne R. Parenti, 2001: null. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 253.
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Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 2.
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Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1988: null. Sharks of the Order Carcharhiniformes. xxii + 486.
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Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
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McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
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Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
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Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354.
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Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
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Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374