Carcharhinus leucas

Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)

Carcharias (Prionodon) leucas Valenciennes, in Müller and Henle, 1839, Syst.Beschr.Plagiost., (2):42.

Synonymy:
Carcharias (Prionodon) zambezensis Peters, 1852
Squalus platyodon Poey, 1861
Squalus obtusus Poey, 1861
Eulamia nicaraguensis Gill and Bransford, 1877
Carcharias azureus Gilbert and Starks, 1904
Carcharias spenceri Ogilby, 1911
Galeolamna (Bogimba) bogimba Whitley, 1943
Galeolamna greyi mckaili Whitley, 1945
Carcharhinus vanrooyeni Smith, 1958

Other Scientific Names Recently in Use:
Carcharhinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852)
Carcharhinus nicaraguensis (Gill and Bransford, 1877)
Carcharhinus azureus (Gilbert and Starks, 1904)

FAO Names:
Bull shark [English]
Requin bouledogue [French]
Tiburón sarda [Spanish]
CARCH Carch 6 [FAO Code]

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