Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Rafinesque, Constantine S. 1810. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo.: 1-105, pls. 1-20.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Elasmobranchii: order
Lamniformes: family
Odontaspididae: genus
Carcharias: species
Carcharias taurus

Name

Synonyms: Carcharhinus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810); Carcharias arenarias Ogilby, 1911; Carcharias arenarius Ogilby, 1911; Carcharias griseus Ayres, 1843; Carcharias littoralis (Lesueur, 1818); Carcharias owstoni Garman, 1913; Carcharias platensis (Lahille, 1928); Charcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810; Eugmophodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810); Eugomphodus griseus (Ayres, 1843); Eugomphodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810); Lamna ecarinata Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899; Odontaspis americanus (Mitchill, 1815); Odontaspis arenarius (Ogilby, 1911); Odontaspis cinerea Ramsay, 1880; Odontaspis platensis Lahille, 1928; Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque, 1810); Squalus americanus Mitchill, 1815; Squalus littoralis Lesueur, 1818; Squalus lixa Larrañaga, 1923
Homonyms: Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
Common names: Almindelig sandtigerhaj in Danish; Bacota in Spanish; Bacota in Spanish; Blue Nurse Shark in English; Blue nurse shark in English; Blue-Nurse Sand Tiger in English; Blue-nurse sand tiger in English; Bokh diurab in language.; Buki getj in Wolof; Carcharias in Greek, Modern (1453-); Caçoa in Portuguese; Cação-da-areia in Portuguese; Cação-de-areia in Portuguese; Cação-galhudo in Portuguese; Cação-magonga in Portuguese; Cação-mangona in Portuguese; Cação-mangonga in Portuguese; Cação-manogonga in Portuguese; Chien de mer in French; Cá Mập in Vietnamese; Dentudo in Portuguese; Dogfish Shark in English; Dogfish shark in English; Ehoua in language.; Grauer Sandhai in German; Gray Nurse Shark in English; Gray nurse shark in English; Grey Nurse in English; Grey Nurse Shark in English; Grey Nurse Shark in English; Grey Nurse Shark in English; Grey nurse in English; Grey nurse in English; Greynurse Shark in English; Greynurse shark in English; Ground Shark in English; Ground shark in English; Harilik liivhai in Estonian; Hietahai in Finnish; Hietahai in Finnish; Hiu anjing in Indonesian; Indian Sand Tiger in English; Indian sand tiger in English; Kalb in Arabic; Karish khol pari in Hebrew; Kelb il-bahar in Maltese; Kelb il-bahar in Maltese; Khonodecha in Kannada; Lkars in Arabic; Lkars in Arabic

Bibliographic References

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