Carcharhinus leucas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Species: Carcharhinus leucas

Name

Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)

Syntypes (4): MNHN A-9650 (1, dry), A-9652 (1, dry), uncat. (2, lost).

Type locality: Antilles, western Atlantic.

Etymology: From leucas (= white), referring to body color (usually grayish with white underside). (From The ETYFish Project)

Synonyms

Carcharias leucas Müller & Henle, 1839
Carcharias zambezensis Peters, 1852
- Carcharhinus zambezensis Peters, 1852
Prionodon platyodon Poey, 1860
- Squalus platyodon Poey, 1860
Squalus obtusus Poey, 1861
- Prionodon obtusus Poey, 1861
Eulamia nicaraguensis Gill, 1877
- Carcharhinus nicaraguensis Gill, 1877
Carcharias azureus Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Carcharhinus azureus Gilbert & Starks, 1904
Carcharias spenceri Ogilby, 1910
Galeolamna (Bogimba) bogimba Whitley, 1943
- Galeolamna bogimba Whitley, 1943
Galeolamna greyi mckaili Whitley, 1945
- Galeolamna mckaili Whitley, 1945
Carcharhinus vanrooyeni Smith, 1958

References

Lea, J. S. E., Humphries, N. E., Clarke, C. R. & Sims, D. W., 2015: To Madagascar and back: long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas. Journal of Fish Biology, Article first published online: 29 OCT 2015. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12805 Reference page.
Müller, J. and Henle, F. G. J. 1838-41. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin. Plagiostomen i-xxii + 1-200

Links

Carcharhinus leucas in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Carcharhinus leucas in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Акула-бык
čeština: Žralok bělavý; Žralok býčí
English: Bull shark
español: Gayarre
français: Requin-bouledogue
galego: Tiburón touro
magyar: Bikacápa, édesvízi szirtcápa, zambézi cápa
Bahasa Indonesia: Hiu Banteng
日本語: オオメジロザメ
한국어: 황소상어
polski: Żarłacz tępogłowy
русский: Акула-бык
ไทย: ปลาฉลามหัวบาตร
中文: 公牛鯊