A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii

Carcharias (Prionodon) dusumieri VALENCIENNES in MUELLER & HENLE 1839 t/l;
Pondicherry, India
Carcharias (Prionodon) tjutjot BLEEKER 1852 t/l; Baram, Borneo.
Carcharias (Prionodon) javanicus BLEEKER 1852 (non VAN HASSELT 1823) t/l; Batavia, Java.
Carcharias malabaricus DAY 1873 t/l; Pallipot, near Cochin, Calicut, Malabar Coast, India.
Range; Persian Gulf to S.Japan,Java, Borneo and Eastern Australia.
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C. FALCIFORMIS (Mueller & Henle) 1839 Silky Shark; Sicklefin Shark
Carcharias (Prionodon) falciformis BIBRON in MUELLER & HENLE 1839 t/l; Cuba
Carcharias (Prionodon) menisorrah VALENCIENNES in MUELLER & HENLE 1839 t/l; Java
Squalus (Prionodon) tiburo POEY 1860 (non LINN.) t/l; Cuba
? Carcharias pharaonis (KLUNZINGER 1871) EHRENBERG 1899 t/l; Red Sea. (Name in
synonymy)
Aprionodon sitankaiensis HERRE 1934 t/l; Sitanka,Sibutu I.,Sulu Archipelago, Philippines.
Carcharhinus floridanus BIGELOW, SCHROEDER & SPRINGER 1943 t/l; Salerno, Florida and
south coast of Cuba.
Eulamia malpeloensis FOWLER 1944 t/l; Malpelo I., Eastern Pacific.
Carcharhinus atrodorsus DENG, XIONG & ZHAN 1981 t/l; China.
Range; Tropical oceans worldwide at the surface. Not in Med.
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C. HEMIODON (Valenciennes in Mueller & Henle) 1839 Pondicherry Shark
Carcharias (Hypoprion) hemiodon VALENCIENNES in MUELLER & HENLE 1839 t/l;
Pondicherry, India.
Hypoprion atripinna CHU 1960 t/l; China.
Range; Gulf of Oman east to China, Java and Borneo.Nominally from Philippines, Celebes, New
Guinea, Australia & Vietnam.
C. ISODON (Valenciennes in Mueller & Henle) 1839 Finetooth Shark
Carcharias (Hypoprion) isodon VALENCIENNES in MUELLER & HENLE 1839 t/l; Probably
coast of New York, USA .(Type in MNHN, Paris)
Aprionodon punctatus GILL 1862 ( not Squalus punctatus MITCHILL )
Range; W. Atlantic; Cuba, Florida & Texas occasionally to New York.
S. Brazil.
E. Atlantic; ? Senegal & Guinea-Bassau. May represent brevipinna.
C. LEUCAS (Valenciennes in Mueller & Henle) 1839 Bull Shark; Slipway Grey Shark;
River Whaler; Zambezi Shark; Lake Nicaragua Shark;Cub Shark; Swan River Whaler (Aus.)
? Squalus (Carcharhinus) commersonii BLAINVILLE 1816 (n.nud.)
? Squalus (Carcharhinus) lividus BLAINVILLE 1816 (n.nud.)
? Squalus (Carcharhinus) heterodon BLAINVILLE 1816 (n.nud.)
? Squalus (Carcharhinus) verus BLAINVILLE 1816 (n.nud.)(may be Carcharodon
? Squalus (Carcharhinus) broussonetii BLAINVILLE 1816 (n.nud.)
Carcharias (Prionodon) leucas VALENCIENNES in MUELLER & HENLE 1839 t/l; Cuba
? Carcharias (Prionodon) leucos GUICHENOT 1850 t/l; Algeria.
Squalus (Prionodon) platyodon POEY 1861 t/l; Cuba
Squalus (Prionodon) obtusus POEY 1861 t/l; Cuba
Carcharias (Prionodon) zambezensis PETERS 1852 t/l; Zambezi R.,E. Africa.
Eulamia nicaraguensis GILL & BRANSFORD 1877 t/l; Lake Nicaragua.
? Carcharias murrayi GUNTHER 1883 t/l; Karachi, Pakistan.
? Carcharias (Prionodon) siamensis STEINDACHNER 1896 t/l; Mouths of the Irrawaddy, Rangoon.
Carcharhinus azureus GILBERT & STARKS 1904 t/l; Panama Bay, Pacific coast of Panama.
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