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Species in the genus Carcharodon: [ 14 ] records

albimors, Carcharodon Whitley [G. P.] 1939:240 [Australian Zoologist v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 4695] Port Jackson, Sydney harbor, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.1723. Based on literature and one specimen cited as type. •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:67 [ref. 12442], Last & Stevens 1994:163 [ref. 23873], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Hoese & Gates 2006:77 [ref. 28997], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

atwoodi, Carcharias Storer [D. H.] 1848:71 [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 3 (1848-1851); ref. 18843] Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MCZ 89505 (missing) [jaws may be MCZ 775-S]. •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1984:238 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

caninus, Squalus Osbeck [P.] 1765:102 [Reise nach Ostindien und China; ref. 3311] Southeastern Atlantic, southwest of Cape of Good Hope, at 35°15' S. No types known. •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

capensis, Carcharodon Smith [A.] 1839:no pagination, Pl. 4 [Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa v. 4; ref. 4035] Cape Seas, South Africa. Holotype: BMNH 1850.9.5.3 (stuffed). •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bass 1986:98 [ref. 5635], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524], Human & Ebert 2022:473 [ref. 39666]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

carcharias, Squalus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:235 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea, northeastern Atlantic, western Atlantic [original: "in Europa"]; localities include Bayonne, France, Bay of Biscay; Spain; Marseille and Nice, France; Italy; Malta; Lesbos Island, Greece; Syria; Brazil. No types known. Lectotype or neotype fixation needed: the type locality should be restricted to Mediterranean Sea or Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, according to current usage. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:15 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Originally based on multiple species and at least 30 pre-Linnaean sources including Artedi 1738:70 [ref. 30578] and Artedi 1738:98 [ref. 30349] as Squalus dorso plano, dentibus serratis; Rondelet 1554:390 [ref. 30354] as Lamia, Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648:181 [ref. 30347] as Tiburo, Jonston 1649:209, Pl. 39 [ref. 30579] as Tiburone, Charleton 1668:127 [ref. 30580] as Canis carcharias, Willughby 1686:47 [ref. 30164] and Ray 1713:18 [ref. 30231] as Canis carcharias seu lamia. •Valid as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Springer 1973:13 [ref. 7162], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:29 [ref. 9277], Compagno 1984:238 [ref. 6474], Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:84 [ref. 13675], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:9 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:98 [ref. 5635], Menni 1986:433 [ref. 11487], Robins & Ray 1986:19 [ref. 23100], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Nakano & Nakaya 1987:414 [ref. 12620], Scott & Scott 1988:14 [ref. 25518], Gubanov & Timokhin 1989:220 [ref. 36138], Paxton et al. 1989:67 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:12 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:20 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:29 [ref. 14674], Springer 1990:87 [ref. 19319], Randall et al. 1990:17 [ref. 15987], Cervigón 1992:180 [ref. 23827], Francis 1993:157 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:125 [ref. 20996], Kuiter 1993:14 [ref. 23929], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:73 [ref. 25472], Gomon et al. 1994:142 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:162 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:1 [ref. 25356], Andrew et al. 1995:9 [ref. 38009], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:703 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:24 [ref. 22896], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:57 [ref. 24023] [but see McCosker 1998:809 [ref. 24025]], Santos et al. 1997:10 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:15 [ref. 24952], Cheng & Zhou 1997:20 [ref. 26385], Compagno 1998:1276 [ref. 23785], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:54 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:44 [ref. 24555], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:7 [ref. 24670], Fricke 1999:14 [ref. 24106], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:120 [ref. 25013], Johnson 1999:719 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:478 [ref. 25589], Musick et al. 2000:8 [ref. 24959], Nakabo 2000:125 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:578 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:87 [ref. 25191], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:14 [ref. 25650], Storai et al. 2001:139 [ref. 25325], Hutchins 2001:13 [ref. 25847], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Soto 2001:65, 89 [ref. 26637], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:9 [ref. 26753], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:77 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:125 [ref. 26001], Branstetter in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:27 [ref. 26158], Choi et al. 2003:58, 476 [ref. 26218], Compagno 2003:436 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27192], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:83 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:52 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:70 [ref. 28072], Compagno et al. 2005:18 [ref. 29145], Golani 2005:8 [ref. 37112], Love et al. 2005:5 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:97 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Gates 2006:77 [ref. 28997], Moore et al. 2007:67 [ref. 29311], Fricke et al. 2007:12 [ref. 29533], Randall 2007:40 [ref. 30952], White 2008:40 [ref. 30617], Fricke et al. 2009:8 [ref. 30213], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:56 [ref. 35264], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:6 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:258 [ref. 31457], Fricke et al. 2011:345 [ref. 31242], Mollen et al. 2012:30 [ref. 32005], Ebert et al. 2013:311 [ref. 33045], Page et al. 2013:50 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:168 [ref. 32953], Wirtz et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32972], Parin et al. 2014:19 [ref. 33547], Duffy 2015:71 [ref. 34217], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:106 [ref. 36167], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524], Pinheiro et al. 2015:2 [ref. 34324], Compagno 2016:1243 [ref. 34544], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:75 [ref. 34398], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:605 [ref. 34923], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:545 [ref. 34656], Fourriére et al. 2016:440 [ref. 34668], Kells et al. 2016:66 [ref. 35888], Koeda et al. 2016:4 [ref. 35333], Nión et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35565], Weigmann 2016:14 [ref. 34211], Ebert et al. 2017:54 [ref. 35618], Biscoito et al. 2018:463 [ref. 37562], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:163 [ref. 35920], Fricke et al. 2018:9 [ref. 35805], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:58 [ref. 37302], Burton & Lea 2019:28 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:18 [ref. 37250], Ehemann et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36194], Hoschke et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36626], Reiner 2019:25 [ref. 38139], Stone & Shimada 2019:633 [ref. 37195], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:241 [ref. 37881], Kabasakal 2020:69 [ref. 37952], Kim et al. 2020:37 [ref. 39118], Kovačić et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Sonoyama et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:14 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:55 [ref. 38158], Ebert et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38234], Giovos et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:6 [ref. 38303], González-Acosta et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38361], Kovačić et al. 2021:9 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39279], Bañón & Mano 2022:9 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:13 [ref. 39527], Dyldin et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39193], Fermon et al. 2022:92 [ref. 39448], Human & Ebert 2022:473 [ref. 39666], Kabasakal et al. 2022:327 [ref. 39901], Rizgalla in Kousteni et al. 2022:428 [ref. 39260], Simian et al. 2022:373 [ref. 40776], Balàka et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40410], Carvalho-Filho 2023:298 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:37 [ref. 40505], Shakman et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40810], Gadig et al. 2024:24 [ref. 40775], Leeney 2024:45 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2019): Vulnerable. Habitat: brackish, marine.

lamia, Carcharias Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:44 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] New name for Squalus carcharias Linnaeus 1758. Not available, on Official Index (Opinion 723). •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Springer 1973:13 [ref. 7162], Springer 1990:87 [ref. 19319], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Hoese & Gates 2006:77 [ref. 28997], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:6 [ref. 36649], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

lamia, Squalus Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:xviii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Melita (La Valletta, Malta, Mediterranean Sea). No types known. Not available, name only. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:8 [ref. 30182]. •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) -- (Fricke 2008:8 [ref. 30182]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae.

maso, Carcharias Morris [E. F.] 1898:412 [ ref. 30215] New Zealand. No types known. Name only, not available. •In the synonymy of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1984:238 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae.

rondeletii, Carcharodon Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1839:70 [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea); Atlantic; Cape Town, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic; Pacific coast of Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1850.9.5.3 (1 stuffed) Cape Town, South Africa; RUSM uncat. (2, whereabouts unknown), SMF uncat. (1, whereabouts unknown) Adriatic, ZMB uncat. (1, whereabouts unknown). •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Springer 1973:13 [ref. 7162], Paxton et al. 1989:67 [ref. 12442], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:9 [ref. 26753] dated 1841, Hoese & Gates 2006:77 [ref. 28997], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:6 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:258 [ref. 31457] as rondeletti, Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524], Ebert et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38234], Human & Ebert 2022:473 [ref. 39666]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

smithi, Carcharodon Bonaparte [C. L.] 1838:9 [Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna v. 2; ref. 4979] No locality stated. Although authorship is credited to Müller & Henle, the name is used first in Bonaparte. •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1984:238 [ref. 6474], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

smithii, Carcharodon Agassiz [L.] (ex Müller & Henle) 1838:90, Pl. F (figs. 3, 3a-3c) [Recherches sur les poissons fossiles; ref. 13390] No locality stated. No types known. •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1984:238 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

verus, Carcharias Cloquet [H.] 1817:69 (v. 7) [Dictionnaire des sciences Naturelles; ref. 852] The Ocean. No types known. •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1984:238 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

vorax, Carcharias Owen [R.] 1853:94 [Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series; ref. 4988] No types known. •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1984:238 [ref. 6474] with question, Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323] with question, Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: marine.

vulgaris, Squalus (Carcharias) Richardson [J.] 1836:288 [Fauna Boreali-Americana Part 3; ref. 3731] No types known. Unexplained new name. •Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1984:238 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:100 [ref. 26323], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524] dated 1836). Current status: Synonym of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758). Lamnidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.