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Carcharhinus humani sp. nov., a new whaler shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean

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White, William T., Weigmann, Simon (2014): Carcharhinus humani sp. nov., a new whaler shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3821 (1): 71-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.5

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