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Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Carcharhiniformes
family
Carcharhinidae
genus
Carcharhinus
species
Carcharhinus hemiodon

Name

Synonyms
Carcharias hemiodon Müller & Henle, 1839
Carcharias hemiodon Valenciennes, 1839
Carcharias watu Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946
Hypoprion atripinna Chu, 1960
Hypoprion atripinnis Chu, 1960
Hypoprion hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Hypoprion hemiodon (Valenciennes, 1839)
Homonyms
Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Common names
Jarjur in Arabic
Pondicherryhaai in Dutch
Pondicherryhai in German
Requin-baliai in French
Squalo grigio di Pondicherry in Italian
Tubarão-cinzento-do-golfo in Portuguese
Yu punai in Malay
kuonohai in Finnish
pondicherry shark in English
pondicherry shark in English
tiburón de Pondicherry in Spanish
žralok polozubý in Czech
Индокитайская ночная акула in Russian
পন্ডিচেরি হাঙ্গর in Bengali
পন্ডিচেরী হাঙ্গর in Bulgarian
പോണ്ടിച്ചേരി സ്രാവ് in Malayalam
インドメジロザメ in Japanese
Pondicherry Shark in English
قرش بوندشيري in Arabic

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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