Genus Carcharodon Smith, 1838
- Carcharodon Smith, A. in Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1838. On the generic characters of cartilaginous fishes, with descriptions of new genera. Magazine of Natural History ns 2(7): 33-37, 88-91 [37] [placed on official ICZN list, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1965. Opinion 723. Repeal of the ruling given in Opinion 47 together with the stabilization of the generic names Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816, Carcharodon Smith, 1838 and Odontaspis Agassiz, 1838 in their accustomed sense (Pisces). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(1): 32–36].
Type species:
Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810 (= Squalus carcharias Linnaeus, 1758) by subsequent monotypy, see Bonaparte, C.L.P. 1839. Iconografia della Fauna Italica, per le quattro Classi degli Animali Vertebrati. Pesci. Vol. 3 Fasc. 24–26. Roma : Salviucci 121-135, 16 pls. [not seen] [126].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |