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Pseudocarcharias Cadenat 1963

Description

Genus Pseudocarcharias Cadenat, 1963

Crocodile Sharks

Pseudocarcharias Cadenat, 1963: 526 (proposed as a subgenus of Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810a, but used throughout in generic form). Type species: Pseudocarcharias pelagicus Cadenat, 1963, by original designation, a junior synonym of Carcharias kamoharai Matsubara, 1936.

Notes

Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cadenat
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Lamniformes
Family
Pseudocarchariidae
Genus
Pseudocarcharias
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudocarcharias Cadenat, 1963 sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

  • Cadenat, J. (1963) Notes d'ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XXXIX. Notes sur les requins de la famille des Carchariidae et formes apparentees de l'Atlantique ouest-africain (avec la description d'une espece nouvelle, Pseudocarcharias pelagicus, clasee dans un sous-genre nouveau). Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire (Ser A) Sciences Naturelles, 25, 526 - 543.
  • Rafinesque, C. S. (1810 a) s. n. In: Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Part 1 (involves fishes). Sanfilippo, Palermo, pp. 3 - 69. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 104418
  • Matsubara, K. (1936) A new carcharoid shark found in Japan. Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo, 48, 380 - 382.