A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii

distinct diagnosis of the Oceanic whitetip from the Atlantic.
Squalus (Prionodon) longimanus POEY 1861 t/l; Cuba
Carcharhinus (Prionodon) obtusus GARMAN 1881 ( non Squalus obtusus POEY = leucas )
Carcharias insularum SNYDER 1904 t/l;Between Molokai & Oahu, Hawaiian Is.
Pterolamiops magnipinnis J.L.B. SMITH 1958 t/l; Port Elizabeth, S.Africa.
Pterolamiops budkeri FOURMANOIR 1961 t/l; Madagascar.
Range; Oceanic pelagic worldwide in warm seas. Not in N.Z.
Not certainly in Med., but may occur there.
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C. SIGNATUS (Poey) 1868 Night Shark
Squalus (Hypoprion) signatus POEY 1868 t/l; Cuba
Hypoprion longirostris POEY 1876 t/l; Antilles
Hypoprion bigelowi CADENAT 1956 t/l; Senegal, West Africa.
Range;W. Atlantic; S. Carolina to Florida & Cuba. Only common off Cuba & Florida. S. Brazil &
Uruguay.
E. Atlantic; Senegal to N. Angola. ? Panama.
C. BRACHYURUS (Gunther) 1870 Copper Shark; Bronze Whaler; Cocktail Shark
Galeolamna greyi OWEN 1853 t/l;South Australia (jaws only)
Carcharias brachyurus GUNTHER 1870
Carcharias lamiella JORDAN & GILBERT 1882 t/l; San Diego, California.
Eulamia ahenia STEAD 1938 t/l; off Sydney,N.S.W.
Galeolamna (Galeolamnoides) eblis WHITLEY 1944 t/l;Western Australia
Carcharhinus improvisus J.L.B. SMITH 1952 t/l; Algoa Bay. South Africa
Carcharhinus rochensis ABELLA 1972 t/l; Uruguay
Carcharhinus remotoides DENG, XIONG & ZHAN 1981 t/l; China
Carcharhinus acarenatus MORENOS & HOYAS 1983 t/l; Morocco
Range; Worldwide in warm temperate waters. Amphitemperate but not tropical. New Zealand;
South Australia;Southern Japan and eastern China; South Africa; Argentina; Baja California;
Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic.
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C. PEREZI (Poey) 1876 Caribbean Reef Shark
Squalus perezii POEY 1868 t/l; Cuba
Eulamia springeri BIGELOW & SCHROEDER 1944 t/l; Cozumel I., Off Yucatan.
Range; Florida, Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean to Venezuela. S.Brazil.
C. GALAPAGENSIS Snodgrass & Heller 1905 Galapagos Shark
? Carcharias robustus PHILIPPI 1896 t/l; Chile
Carcharias galapagensis SNODGRASS & HELLER 1905 t/l; Galapagos Is.
Range; Lower California to Galapagos & Ecuador. Scattered oceanic island localities in West &
East Atlantic,SW. Indian Ocean and W. & Central Pacific.
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C. SEALEI (Pietschmann) 1916 Blackspot Shark
Carcharias borneensis SEALE 1910 (non BLEEKER 1859) t/l; Sandakan, Borneo.
Carcharias sealei PIETSCHMANN 1916 (new name for borneensis SEALE, a junior homonym of
borneensis BLEEKER 1859 )
Platypodon coatesi WHITLEY 1939 t/l; Off Queensland, Aus.
Range; S.China to N.Australia. Philippines. S. & W. India. Kenya to Natal.
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C. AMBLYRHYNCHOIDES (Whitley) 1934 Graceful Shark
Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides WHITLEY 1934 t/l; Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Australia.
Range; Gulf of Aden to Indonesia, S. China, Philippines, Northern Australia & Papua.
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