Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
Subgenus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 (Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758), Bull.Soc.Philomat.Paris, 8:121.
Type Species:
Carcharias melanopterus Quoy and Gaimard, 1824, by subsequent designation of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, invoking the plenary powers to set aside all previous designations (Opinion 723.2c, 1965:32).
Synonymy:
Subgenus Carcharias Cuvier, 1817 (Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758)
also Subgenus Carcharias Risso, 1826 (Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758) and Genus Carcharias Müller and Henle, 1839 (placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 723.5c,d,e, Names nos. 1748, 1749 and 1750, respectively, 1965)
Genus (? Subgenus) Carcharinus Cloquet, 1817 (placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 723.5h, Name no. 1753, 1965)
Genus Aprion Müller and Henle, 1839 (a junior homonym of Aprion Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830, in Osteichthyes)
Subgenus Hypoprion Müller and Henle, 1839 (Genus Carcharias Müller and Henle, 1839)
Subgenus Prionodon Müller and Henle, 1839 (Genus Carcharias Müller and Henle, 1839
a junior homonym of Prionodon Horsfield, 1822, in Mammalia and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 723.5f, Name no. 1751, 1965)
Genus Carcharorhinus Agassiz, 1843 (placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 723.5i, 1965)
Genus Galeolamna Owen, 1853
Genus Aprionodon Gill, 1862 (replacement name for Aprion Müller and Henle, 1839)
Genus Hypoprionodon Gill, 1862
Genus Eulamia Gill, 1862
Genus Platypodon Gill, 1862
Genus Isoplagiodon Gill, 1862
Genus Gymnorhinus Hilgendorf, in Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1899 (junior homonym of Gymnorhinus Maximillian, 1841, in Aves)
Genus Gymnorrhinus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1899
Genus Mapolamia Whitley, 1934
Genus Gillisqualus Whitley, 1934
Genus Galeolamnoides Whitley, 1934
Subgenus Ogilamia Whitley, 1939 (Genus Galeolamna Owen, 1853)
Genus Longmania Whitley, 1939
Genus Uranga Whitley, 1943
Subgenus Uranganops Whitley, 1943 (Genus Galeolamna Owen, 1853)
Subgenus Lamnarius Whitley, 1943 (Genus Galeolamna Owen, 1853)
Subgenus Bogimba Whitley, 1943 (Genus Galeolamna Owen, 1853). Genus Pterolamia Springer, 1950 (junior homonym of Pterolamia Breuning, 1942, in Insecta, and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 723.59, Name no. 1752, 1965). Genus Pterolamiops Springer, 1951 (replacement name for Pterolamia Springer, 1950
placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 723.3e, Name no.1661).
Nomina Nuda Referred to Carcharhinus: These are nomina nuda included by Blainville (1816) in his Subgenus Carcharhinus, but which are of uncertain identity: Squalus (Carcharhinus) lividus Blainville, 1816
Squalus (Carcharhinus) ustus Blainville, 1816
Squalus (Carcharhinus) heterodon Blainville, 1816
Squalus (Carcharhinus) broussonetii Blainville, 1816
Squalus (Carcharhinus) megalops Blainville, 1816
Squalus (Carcharhinus) heterobranchialis Blainville, 1816.
Species Dubia Referred to Carcharhinus: These include names with descriptions but which are of uncertain identity. Most of them are discussed by Garrick (1982). Carcharias javanicus van Hasselt, 1823
Carcharias fissidens Bennett, 1830/31 (possibly = Rhizoprionodon acutus ?)
Thalassorhinus platyrhynchus Müller and Henle, 1839 (not based on a Carcharhinus ?)
Carcharias (Prionodon) munsing Bleeker, 1849
Hypoprion/ Hemigaleus heterodus Philippi, 1887
Carcharias brachyrrhynchus Philippi, 1887
Carcharias (Prionodon) siamensis Steindachner, 1896
Carcharias robustus Philippi, 1896
Carcharias sanctae-thomae Engelhardt, 1912
Eulamia philippi Fowler, 1930 (replacement for C. brachyrrhynchus Philippi, 1887, not C. (Prionodon) brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1859, = C. amboinensis)
FAO Names:
CARCH carch [FAO Code]