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Carcharhinidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>The Plagiostoma</i>: 106

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Carcharhiniformes
family
Carcharhinidae

Name

Synonyms
Carcharinidae
Homonyms
Carcharhinidae
Common names
Blinkhindehajfamilien in Danish
Blinkhindehajfamilien in Danish
Blouhaaie in Afrikaans
Gråhajar in Swedish
Mėlynieji rykliai in Lithuanian
Requiem Shark in English
Requiem Sharks in English
Requiemhaaien in Dutch
Requiemhaie in German
Roofhaaien in Dutch
Squali grigi in Italian
Squali requiem in Italian
Tiburones gambusos in Spanish
blåhaifamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
härkähait in Finnish
kékcápafélék in Hungarian
mangeurs d'hommes in French
mangeurs d'hommes in French
modrounovití in Czech
requiem shark in English
requiem sharks in English
requiem sharks in English
requiem sharks in English
revhajar in Swedish
tiburones gambuso in Spanish
tiburones gambuso in Spanish
Żarłaczowate in Polish
Καρχαρινίδες in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Кархаринові in Ukrainian
Серые акулы in Russian
Шэрыя акулы in Belarusian
ปลาฉลามจ้าวมัน ปลาฉลามหนู ปลาฉลามแม่น้ำ ฯลฯ in Thai
วงศ์ปลาฉลามครีบดำ in Thai
メジロザメ科 in Japanese
真鯊科 in Chinese
真鲨科 in Chinese
흉상어과 in Korean
blåhaifamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
blåhaifamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
revhajar in Swedish
メジロザメ科 in Japanese
Requiem sharks in English
blåhaifamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
blåhaifamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
blåhaifamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
blåhaifamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
gråhajar in Swedish
requiem sharks in English
requiem sharks in English
revhajar in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Branstetter, Steven / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Requiem Sharks: Family Carcharhinidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 38-45.
  3. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
  4. 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.
  5. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  6. FishBase
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  8. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  9. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 723 Repeal of the ruling given in Opinion 47 together with the stabilisation of the generic names Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816, Carcharodon Smith, 1838, and Odontaspis Agassiz, 1838, in their accustomed sense (Pisces).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22, 32-36 (1965)
  10. Kullander, Stach, Nyman, Samuelsson, Hansson, Delling, Blom & Jilg (2011) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Lansettfiskar–broskfiskar. Chordata: Branchiostomatidae–Chondrichthyes.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. WoRMS Editorial Board (2016) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  17. 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
  18. 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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