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Carcharhinus falciformis (silky shark)
Taxonomy
Carcharias (Prionodon) falciformis was named by Muller and Henle (1839) [Bibron 1841 in Muller and Henle, 1839-1841]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Carcharhinus falciformis by Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale et al. (2006), Marsili (2007), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016), Kent (2018), Kocsis et al. (2019), Maisch IV et al. (2025).
It was recombined as Carcharhinus falciformis by Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale et al. (2006), Marsili (2007), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2016), Kent (2018), Kocsis et al. (2019), Maisch IV et al. (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1839 | Carcharias (Prionodon) falciformis Muller and Henle |
| 2001 | Carcharhinus falciformis Purdy et al. p. 151 |
| 2006 | Carcharhinus falciformis Carnevale et al. p. 362 |
| 2007 | Carcharhinus falciformis Marsili p. 82 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-10 |
| 2016 | Carcharhinus falciformis Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 11 figs. 5.16-5.20 |
| 2018 | Carcharhinus falciformis Kent p. 115 |
| 2019 | Carcharhinus falciformis Kocsis et al. p. 801 fig. 5G |
| 2025 | Carcharhinus falciformis Maisch IV et al. p. 28 |
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Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841 [silky shark]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available