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Genera in the family or subfamily Carchariidae: [ 3 ] records


Carcharias Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:10 Masc. Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. Placed on Official Index (Opinion 723) but subsequently repealed (Opinion 1459) and put on Official List. Carcharias of Müller & Henle 1839, and Risso 1827 are junior homonyms on Official Index (Opinion 723). •Synonym of Eugomphodus Gill in Compagno 1984:215 [ref. 6474], but Opinion 1459 (in 1987) makes Carcharias available if regarded as distinct from Odontaspis. •Valid as Carcharias Rafinesque 1810 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:63 [ref. 12442], Compagno 1999:477 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2001:57 [ref. 26323], Compagno 2003:420 [ref. 26984], Hoese & Gates 2006:64 [ref. 28997], White 2008:32 [ref. 30617], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:5 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:206 [ref. 31457], Moore et al. 2012:6 [ref. 31771], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:72 [ref. 34398], White et al. 2017:92 [ref. 35860], Ehemann et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36194], Golani & Fricke 2018:8 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:24 [ref. 35922], Stone & Shimada 2019:633 [ref. 37195], Ebert et al. 2021:39 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Carcharias Rafinesque 1810. Carchariidae.

Eugomphodus Gill [T. N.] 1861:60 Masc. Carcharias griseus Ayres 1843. Type by monotypy. Appeared first as above, with mention of Eugomphodus griseus. Opinion 1459 (reversing Opinion 723) makes Carcharias Rafinesque 1809 available over Eugomphodus when recognized as congeneric. •Valid as Eugomphodus Gill 1861 -- (Bass & Compagno 1986:104 [ref. 5637], but should be regarded as a synonym of Carcharias). •Synonym of fossil genus Synodontaspis (Cappetta 1987:90 [ref. 6348]). •Valid as Eugomphodus Gill 1861 -- (Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:72 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:215 [ref. 6474], Grande & Eastman 1986:122 [ref. 6054]). •Synonym of Carcharias Rafinesque 1810 -- (Compagno 2001:58 [ref. 26323]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharias Rafinesque 1810. Carchariidae.

Triglochis Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1837:113 Masc. Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. Suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy and placed on Official List (Opinion 723). Also appeared in synonymy of Odontaspis Agassiz in Müller & Henle 1839:73 [ref. 3069]. •Apparently wrongly treated as a synonym of Synodontaspis by Cappetta 1987:90 [ref. 6348]. •Synonym of Carcharias Rafinesque 1810 -- (Compagno 2001:58 [ref. 26323]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharias Rafinesque 1810. Carchariidae.


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