Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Alternative combination: Carcharhinus (Prionace) tenuis

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1839. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (10me, 12me livraison) 141-156

Belongs to Carcharias according to L. Agassiz 1839

See also Agassiz 1843, Gibbes 1847 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Carcharias (Aprion), Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias cuspidatus, Carcharias divergens, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias ensiculatus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias khderii, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias steineri, Carcharias sternbergensis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tingitana, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias vincenti, Carcharias virgatulus, Carcharias vorax

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carcharias tenuis in the database

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