Megachasmidae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Elasmobranchii

order

Lamniformes

family

Megachasmidae

Name

Synonyms

Megachamidae

Homonyms

Megachasmidae

Common names

megamouth sharks in English

requins à grande gueule in French

tiburones bocones in Spanish

megamouth sharks in English

requins grande gueule in French

tiburones bocudos in Spanish

メガマウスザメ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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4. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
8. FishBase
9. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
11. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
12. WoRMS (Mar 2013)