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Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Carcharhiniformes
family
Carcharhinidae
genus
Carcharhinus
species
Carcharhinus longimanus

Name

Synonyms
Carcharhinus maou (Lesson, 1831)
Carcharias insularum Snyder, 1904
Carcharias longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Carcharias obtusus Garman, 1881
Carcharinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Pterolamiops budkeri Fourmanoir, 1961
Pterolamiops longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Pterolamiops magnipinnis Smith, 1958
Squalus longimanus Poey, 1861
Squalus maou Lesson, 1831
Homonyms
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Common names
Aileron blanc du large in French
Apoapo in Samoan
Brown Milbert's sand bar shark in English
Brown Milbert's sand bar shark in English
Brown shark in English
Brown shark in English
Cazón in Spanish
Cazón in Spanish
Cazón in Spanish
Cazón in Spanish
Cucut koboy in Javanese
Galano in Spanish
Galha-branca in Portuguese
Hiu koboy in Javanese
Hochsee-Weißspitzenhai in German
Hvidtippet haj in Danish
Ikan yu in Malay
Kili in language.
Kâârrê in language.
Köpek balığı in Turkish
Ma'o parata in Tahitian
Magi in language.
Mako in language.
Manō in language.
Marracho in Portuguese
Marracho oceánico in Portuguese
Marracho-de-pontas-brancas in Portuguese
Meso in Malagasy
Moko in language.
Mono in language.
Nigano shark in English
Ntrandjou in language.
Oceanic Whitetip Shark in English
Oceanic white tip shark in English
Oceanic white tip shark in English
Oceanic white-tip shark in English
Oceanic white-tip shark in English
Oceanic white-tip shark in English
Oceanic white-tipped whaler in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanic whitetip shark in English
Oceanische witpunthaai in Dutch

Bibliographic References

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  3. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1988: null. Sharks of the Order Carcharhiniformes. xxii + 486.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  6. Garrick, J.A.F. (1982). Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. <em>NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular.</em> 445:150-159.
  7. 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.
  8. Kullander, O, Stach, Nyman, Samuelsson, Hansson, G, Delling, Blom & Jilg (2016-04-17 22:00:00) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges Flora och Fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Lansettfiskar–broskfiskar, Chordata: Branchiostomatidae–Chondrichthyes.
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  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Smith, J.L.B. & Smith, M.M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown.
  15. 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
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