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Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)
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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 signatus
Name
- Synonyms
- Hypoprion bigelowi Cadenat, 1956
- Hypoprion longirostris Poey, 1876
- Hypoprion signatus Poey, 1868
- Homonyms
- Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)
- Common names
- Cazón de arrecife in Spanish
- Cação-noturno in Portuguese
- Nachthaai in Dutch
- Nachthai in German
- Nachthai in German
- Nathaj in Danish
- Night Shark in English
- Night shark in English
- Night shark in English
- Night shark in English
- Requiem de nuit in French
- Requin de nuit in French
- Requin de nuit in French
- Shark in English
- Tiburon de noche in Spanish
- Tiburon nocturno in Spanish
- Tiburón de noche in Spanish
- Tiburón de noche in Spanish
- Tiburón marrón in Spanish
- Tiburón nocturno in Spanish
- Tiburón nocturno in Spanish
- Tubarão-da-noite in Portuguese
- night shark in language.
- night shark in English
- tiburón de noche in Spanish
- tiburón nocturno in Spanish
- Öö-hallhai in Estonian
- 美洲基齒鯊 in language.
- 美洲基齿鲨 in language.
- 長吻真鯊 in language.
- 长吻真鲨 in language.
- Night Shark in English
- Night shark in English
- Tubarão-toninha in Portuguese
- night shark in English
- tiburón nocturno in Spanish
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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Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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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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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