A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
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year by Agassiz as Carcharodon smithii,but this is a nomen nudum not used by M.& H., so<br />
Carcharodon must be credited to Agassiz with <strong>the</strong> type Carcharodon verus AGASSIZ 1838<br />
(="Carcharias"<strong>of</strong> Agassiz 1835 illustration).The specific name verus dates from CLOQUET 1817-<br />
22, it's use not being precluded by Blainville 1816, as <strong>the</strong> latter is a nomen nudum and <strong>the</strong>refore has<br />
no standing.In 1965, <strong>the</strong> ICZN ruled that Carcharodon should date from A.Smith 1838, who<br />
designated Carcharias lamia RAF. 1810 <strong>the</strong> type, proposed as a substitute for Squalus carcharias<br />
LINN., and <strong>the</strong>refore type by monotypy.<br />
C. CARCHARIAS (Linn.) 1758 Great White Shark; White Pointer<br />
Kharkharias ATHENAEUS AD 200<br />
Lamia RONDELET 1554<br />
Canis marinus GESNER 1558<br />
Canis carcharias ALDROVANDI 1613<br />
Squalus no. 14 ARTEDI 1738<br />
Squalus carcharias LINNAEUS 1758 t/l; "Oceano Europaeo"<br />
White Shark BROOKES 1763<br />
Cane carcharia CETTI 1777 t/l; Sardinia<br />
Carcharias lamia RAFINESQUE 1810 (subst. for Squalus carcharias<br />
LINNAEUS) t/l; Sicily<br />
Carcharias lamia RISSO 1810 (part) t/l;Nice, France.<br />
Carcharias verus CLOQUET 1822 Mediterranean (non BLAINVILLE 1816)<br />
Carcharias rondeletii ST. VINCENT 1829 (Mediterranean)<br />
Carcharias sp. AGASSIZ 1835 ( illus.)<br />
Squalus (Carcharias) vulgaris RICHARDSON 1836 (America)<br />
Carcharodon capensis A. SMITH 1837 t/l; S. Africa<br />
Carcharodon smithii AGASSIZ 1838 (n. nud); BONAPARTE 1839<br />
Carcharodon lamia BONAPARTE 1839<br />
Carcharodon sp. OWEN 1845<br />
Carcharias atwoodi STORER 1848 t/l; Provincetown, Mass.<br />
? Carcharias vorax OWEN 1853<br />
Carcharias maso NORRIS 1898 (non maou LESSON 1830)<br />
White Pointer STEAD 1933<br />
Carcharodon albimors WHITLEY 1939 (Australia)<br />
Great White Shark KEAN 1944<br />
NOT Squalus carcharias PALLAS 1831 (Kamchatka & Bering Sea) (? = Somniosus )<br />
Range; Mediterranean & adjacent Atlantic to English Channel & Cape Verde Is.;Gulf <strong>of</strong><br />
Guinea;Nova Scotia to N. Gulf <strong>of</strong> Mexico; Alaska to Baja California; Panama to Chile;Argentina and<br />
S. Brazil; Japan & East China;Philippines; Australia except tropical north;New Zealand;S. Africa;<br />
Hawaiian Is.; Micronesia;Cooler coastal waters.<br />
FC 00 010003<br />
Genus LAMNA Cuvier 1817<br />
Squalus (Lamna) CUVIER 1817, type Squalus cornubicus GMELIN 1789 = nasus BONN. 1788<br />
Lamia RISSO 1826 (non FABRICIUS 1775 in Insecta)<br />
Selanonius FLEMING 1828<br />
Exoles GISTEL 1848<br />
L. NASUS (Bonn.) 1788 Mackerel Shark; Porbeagle.<br />
Canis carcharias ALDROVANDI 1613 (non ROND. = Carcharodon)<br />
Porbeagle BORLASE 1758 t/l; Cornwall , England.<br />
Squalus glaucus GUNNER 1763 (non LINNAEUS) t/l; Norway (embryo)<br />
Beaumaris Shark PENNANT 1776 (N. Wales)<br />
Haaebrand ASCANIUS 1777<br />
Le Nez BROUSSONET 1780 (Cornwall, England.)<br />
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