Carcharhinus leucas

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Carcharhinus leucas
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas). Gulf of Mexico. Credit: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Superordo: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Species: Carcharhinus leucas

Name

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Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)

  • Syntypes (4): MNHN A-9650 (1, dry), A-9652 (1, dry), uncat. (2, lost).

Type locality: Antilles, western Atlantic.

Etymology: From leucas (= white), referring to body color (usually grayish with white underside). (From The ETYFish Project)

Synonyms

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References

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  • Lea, J. S. E., Humphries, N. E., Clarke, C. R. & Sims, D. W., 2015: To Madagascar and back: long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas. Journal of Fish Biology, Article first published online: 29 OCT 2015. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12805 Reference page
  • Müller, J. and Henle, F. G. J. 1838-41. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin. Plagiostomen i-xxii + 1-200
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Vernacular names

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беларуская: Акула-бык
čeština: Žralok bělavý; Žralok býčí
English: Bull shark
español: Gayarre
français: Requin-bouledogue
galego: Tiburón touro
magyar: Bikacápa, édesvízi szirtcápa, zambézi cápa
Bahasa Indonesia: Hiu Banteng
日本語: オオメジロザメ
한국어: 황소상어
polski: Żarłacz tępogłowy
русский: Акула-бык
ไทย: ปลาฉลามหัวบาตร
中文: 公牛鯊
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