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Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
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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 melanopterus
Name
- Synonyms
- Carcharhinus commersoni Blainville, 1816
- Carcharhinus melanoptures (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Carcharhinus melanoterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Carcharias commersoni (Blainville, 1816)
- Carcharias elegans Ehrenberg, 1871
- Carcharias marianensis Engelhardt, 1912
- Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Carcharias playfairii Günther, 1870
- Carcharinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Hypoprion playfairi (Günther, 1870)
- Lamna elegans (Agassiz, 1838)
- Odontaspis elegans (Agassiz, 1838)
- Squalus carcharias minor Forsskål, 1775
- Squalus commersonii Blainville, 1816
- Squalus ustus Duméril, 1824
- Homonyms
- Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Common names
- Aileron noir in language.
- Akio Fesoke in Malagasy
- Anak hiu in Malay
- Apeape in Samoan
- Bakebake in language.
- Bako mij in Marshallese
- Bakua in language.
- Balda in Marathi
- Bayanakon in language.
- Black fin reef shark in English
- Black finned shark in English
- Black finned shark in English
- Black tip reef shark in English
- Black tip shark in English
- Black tips nilow in English
- Black-tip reef shark in English
- Blackfin reef shark in English
- Blackfin reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reef shark in English
- Blacktip reefshark in English
- Blacktip shark in English
- Blacktip shark in English
- Blacktip shark in English
- Boka sorrah in Telugu
- Bokka-sorrah in Telugu
- Caval sorrah in Telugu
- Caval-sorrah in Telugu
- Chalarm Hoo-dum in Thai
- Chan in Malay
- Cucut in Malay
- Cá Mập vây đen in Vietnamese
- Falhu miyaru in Maldivian
- Fungu in Portuguese
- Guliman in English
- Guliman in English
- Guliman in English
- Gunna sura in Tamil
- Gursh in Arabic
- Hiu in Malay
- Hiu mada in language.
- Iho in language.
Bibliographic References
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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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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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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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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