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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
  • 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
Platypodon gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839) miscellaneous literature
  • AFD
Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1964, "A survey of Australian Ichthyology", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 89, no. 1, 11-127 p33
Galeolamna mckaili Whitley, 1945 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1964, "A survey of Australian Ichthyology", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 89, no. 1, 11-127 p33
Eulamia spenceri (Ogilby, 1911) synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Stead, D.G. 1963, Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas, 211 pp. 63 figs, Angus & Robertson, Sydney p200
Eulamia bogimba (Whitley, 1943) synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Stead, D.G. 1963, Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas, 211 pp. 63 figs, Angus & Robertson, Sydney p200
Carcharhinus mckaili (Whitley, 1945) synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Munro, I.S.R. 1961, "Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42", Australian Fisheries Newsletter, vol. 15–17, 19, 20, 1-172 p8
Carcharhinus bogima (Whitley, 1943) synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Munro, I.S.R. 1961, "Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42", Australian Fisheries Newsletter, vol. 15–17, 19, 20, 1-172 p10
Galeolamna greyi mckaili Whitley, 1945 synonym
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Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1945, "New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 2", The Australian Zoologist, vol. 11, no. 1, 1-42 figs 1-15 p2
Galeolamna (Bogimba) bogimba Whitley, 1943 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1943, "Ichthyological descriptions and notes", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 68, no. 3, 4, 114-144 figs 1-12 p123, fig. 5
Galeolamna spenceri (Ogilby, 1911) synonym
  • AFD
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 p102
Carcharhinus spenceri (Ogilby, 1911) synonym
  • AFD
Published in:McCulloch, A.R. 1929, "A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I", Memoirs of the Australian Museum, vol. 5, 1–144 p10
Carcharhinus gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839) miscellaneous literature
  • AFD
Published in:McCulloch, A.R. 1929, "A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I", Memoirs of the Australian Museum, vol. 5, 1–144 p10
Carcharias spenceri Ogilby, 1911 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Ogilby, J.D. 1910, "On new or insufficiently described fishes", Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. 23, no. 1, 1-55 p3
Carcharias (Prionodon) leucas Müller & Henle, 1839 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1839, Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen, pp. 29-102 pls, Veit & Co, Berlin p42
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
A-Jinma

Whaler Shark
Bilya-K Kwila
Bulmatjji
Djinma
Dubuldubul
Jinma

Whaler Shark
Jinma
Jinma
Mokuy
Shak
Wujinma
Common Name Source
Bull Shark preferred Australia Australia
  • AFD
Bull Shark Australia Australia
Estuary Shark Australia Australia
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Estuary Whaler Shark Australia Australia
  • AFD
Freshwater Whaler Australia Australia
  • AFD
Hervey Bay Whaler Shark Australia Australia
  • AFD
River Whaler Australia Australia
  • AFD
River Whaler Shark Australia Australia
  • AFD
Swan River Whaler Shark Australia Australia
  • AFD
Name Source
Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c2cf1f52-af0e-43f2-a046-8c255c3ab6f1 Taxon unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/27169e93-583a-4066-b9b5-65dba0db652a Scientific Name current
  • AFD
37018021 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c2cf1f52-af0e-43f2-a046-8c255c3ab6f1 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c2cf1f52-af0e-43f2-a046-8c255c3ab6f1 Taxon current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c2cf1f52-af0e-43f2-a046-8c255c3ab6f1 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/33780c17-6ce3-4315-8ccf-850a40ed0be6 Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
informal
Pisces
class
CHONDRICHTHYES
subclass
ELASMOBRANCHII
order
CARCHARHINIFORMES
family
CARCHARHINIDAE
genus
Carcharhinus
species
Carcharhinus leucas
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