Carcharhinus leucas

Carcharhinus leucas

Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas). Gulf of Mexico. Credit: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC

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

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