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Names and sources
| Accepted Name | Source |
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| Carcharias taurus |
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| Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices | |
| Synonym | Source |
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| Eugomphodus taurus synonym |
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| Published in:Compagno, L.J.V. 1984, FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-249, FAO, Rome p216 | |
| Odontaspis taurus synonym |
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| Published in:Coleman, N. 1980, Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS, 309 pp., Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd, Lane Cove, NSW p20 | |
| Carcharias arenarius synonym |
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| Published in:Ogilby, J.D. 1911, "Descriptions of new or insufficiently described fishes from Queensland waters", Annals of the Queensland Museum, vol. 10, 36-58 figs 5-6 p37 | |
| Odontaspis cinerea synonym |
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| Published in:Ramsay, E.P. 1880, "Notes on Galeocerdo rayneri, with a list of other sharks taken in Port Jackson", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ser. 1, vol. 5, no. 1, 95-97 fig. 4 p96 | |
| Indigenous Knowledge Name | Source |
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| Djendal Naakal Kwila |
| Common Name | Source |
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| Greynurse Shark preferred Australia Australia |
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| Blue Nurse Shark Australia Australia |
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| Grey Nurse Shark Australia Australia |
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| Grey Nurse Shark Australia Australia | |
| Nuss Shark Australia Australia |
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| Sand Shark Australia Australia |
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| Sand Tiger Australia Australia |
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| Sand Tiger Shark Australia Australia |
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| Sandtiger Shark Australia Australia |
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| Shovel-Nosed Shark Australia Australia |
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| Spotted Ragged Tooth Australia Australia |
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| Spotted Ragged-Tooth Australia Australia |
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| Name | Source |
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| Carcharias taurus accepted |
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| Identifier | Source |
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| http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8a41c428-e001-4259-934f-36d5b55e9541 Taxon unknown |
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| https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8a41c428-e001-4259-934f-36d5b55e9541 Taxon Concept current |
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| https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8a41c428-e001-4259-934f-36d5b55e9541 Taxon current |
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| https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/dbbd3ac8-9a88-4847-82b0-88f532ed5666 Scientific Name current |
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| urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8a41c428-e001-4259-934f-36d5b55e9541 Taxon LSID unknown |
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| 37008001 CAAB Code current |
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| https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0c3e2403-05c4-4a43-8019-30e6d657a283 Taxon unknown |
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Classification
- kingdom
- ANIMALIA
- phylum
- CHORDATA
- subphylum
- VERTEBRATA
- informal
- Gnathostomata
- informal
- Pisces
- class
- CHONDRICHTHYES
- subclass
- ELASMOBRANCHII
- order
- LAMNIFORMES
- family
- ODONTASPIDIDAE
- genus
- Carcharias
- species
- Carcharias taurus
- subspecies
- Carcharias taurus (west coast population)
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