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Carcharhinus leucas
Taxonomy
Carcharias leucas was named by Valenciennes (1839).
It was recombined as Carcharhinus leucas by Purdy et al. (2001), Kent (2018) and Landini et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Carcharhinus leucas by Purdy et al. (2001), Kent (2018) and Landini et al. (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Carcharias leucas Valenciennes |
| 2001 | Carcharhinus leucas Purdy et al. p. 151 |
| 2018 | Carcharhinus leucas Kent p. 115 |
| 2019 | Carcharhinus leucas Landini et al. p. 361 |
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†Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available