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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
  • AFD
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
Halsydrus maximus (Gunner, 1765) synonym
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Published in:Stead, D.G. 1963, Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas, 211 pp. 63 figs, Angus & Robertson, Sydney p200
Halsydrus maccoyi (Barrett, 1933) miscellaneous literature
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Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1940, The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand, 280 pp. 303 figs, Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W., Sydney p132
Halsydrus maccoyi (Barrett, 1933) synonym
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Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1940, The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand, 280 pp. 303 figs, Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W., Sydney p132
Tetroras maccoyi Barrett, 1933 synonym
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Published in:Barrett, C. 1933, Water Life. Sun Nature Book 4, vol. 1, 44 pp. 167 figs, Sun News Pictorial, Melbourne p13, fig.
Squalus gunnerianus Blainville, 1810 synonym
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Published in:Blainville, H.M.D. de 1810, "Note sur plusieurs espèces de Squales, confondues sous le nom de Squalus maximus de Linnée", Journal de Physique de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, vol. 71, 248-259 pl. 2 p256, pl. 2
Squalus maximus Gunnerus, 1765 synonym
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Published in:Gunnerus, J.E. 1765, "Brugden (Squalus maximus)", Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter, vol. 3, 33-49 pl. 2 p33, pl. 2(1)
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
Dandjal-Kep Kwila
Common Name Source
Basking Shark preferred Australia Australia
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Basking Shark Australia Australia
Bone Shark Australia Australia
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Great Basker Australia Australia
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Sunfish Australia Australia
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Name Source
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) accepted
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Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e61eba7e-04f5-4687-aea1-d922444caba9 Scientific Name current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f80f9c1c-c73d-4cfd-9946-0d06746cf61b Taxon current
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http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f80f9c1c-c73d-4cfd-9946-0d06746cf61b Taxon unknown
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f80f9c1c-c73d-4cfd-9946-0d06746cf61b Taxon LSID unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f80f9c1c-c73d-4cfd-9946-0d06746cf61b Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
37011001 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3a3f1aca-2e26-4258-9e98-ef941597ed6a Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
informal
Pisces
class
CHONDRICHTHYES
subclass
ELASMOBRANCHII
order
LAMNIFORMES
family
CETORHINIDAE
genus
Cetorhinus
species
Cetorhinus maximus
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