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Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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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Lamniformes
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family
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Lamnidae
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genus
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Carcharodon
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species
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Carcharodon carcharias
Name
- Synonyms
- Carcharias atwoodi Storer, 1848
- Carcharias carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810
- Carcharias maso Morris, 1898
- Carcharias productus (Agassiz, 1838)
- Carcharias sulcidens (Agassiz, 1835)
- Carcharias verus Cloquet, 1817
- Carcharias vorax Owen, 1853
- Carcharias vulgaris (Richardson, 1836)
- Carcharodon albimors Whitley, 1939
- Carcharodon caifassi Lawley, 1876
- Carcharodon capensis Smith, 1839
- Carcharodon etruscus Lawley, 1881
- Carcharodon productus (Agassiz, 1838)
- Carcharodon rondeletii Müller & Henle, 1839
- Carcharodon smithi Bonaparte, 1838
- Carcharodon smithii Agassiz, 1838
- Carcharodon sulcidens (Agassiz, 1835)
- Carharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Squalus caninus Osbeck, 1765
- Homonyms
- Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Africano in Spanish
- Akiofotsy in Malagasy
- Alequim in Portuguese
- Anequim in Portuguese
- Anequin in Portuguese
- Blå haj in Danish
- Blå haj in Danish
- Büyük beyaz in Turkish
- Büyük beyaz köpekbalığı in Turkish
- Canavar balığı in Turkish
- Canesca in Italian
- Canusu in Italian
- Cação-anequim in Portuguese
- Cação-anequin in Portuguese
- Cá Mập trắng in Vietnamese
- Damiano in Italian
- Devorador de hombres in Spanish
- Farao in Malagasy
- Geldevaja akula in Russian
- Grand requin blanc in French
- Grand requin blanc in French
- Great White Shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Great white shark in English
- Harharias balığı in Turkish
- Hohojirozame in Japanese
- Huta tax-Xmara in Maltese
- Huta tax-Xmara in Maltese
- Hvid haj in Danish
- Hvidhaj in Danish
- Hvithai in Norwegian
- Hvithai in Norwegian
- Iperu in Portuguese
- Jaquentón blanco in Spanish
- Jaquentón blanco in Spanish
- Jaqueton blanco in Spanish
- Jaquetón in Spanish
- Jaquetón in Spanish
- Jaquetón in Spanish
- Jaquetón blanco in Spanish
- Jaquetón de ley in Spanish
Bibliographic References
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Branstetter, Steven / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Mackerel Sharks: Family Lamnidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 27-32.
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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, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p.
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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. 1.
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Compagno, Leonard J. V., 2001: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date, vol. 2: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, no. 1, vol. 2. viii + 269.
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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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Fowler 1941, Mann 1954, De Buen 1959c, Compagno 1984a, Last & Stevens 1994, Ojeda et al. 2000
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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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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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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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, 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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Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
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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