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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • 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
Carcharodon albimors Whitley, 1939 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1939, "Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays", The Australian Zoologist, vol. 9, no. 3, 227-262 figs 1-18 pls 20-22 p240
Carcharhinus carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Whitley, G.P. 1934, "Notes on some Australian sharks", Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, vol. 10, no. 4, 180-200 figs 1-4 pls 27-29 p199
Carcharodon rondeletii 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 p70
Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Rafinesque, C.S. 1810, Indice d'Ittiologia Siciliana, 70 pp. 2 pls, Giovanni del Nobol, Messina p44
Squalus carcharias Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Linnaeus, C. 1758, Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata, vol. Tomus I, 824, Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae p235
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
Maardjit
Common Name Source
White Shark standard Australia
  • CAAB
White Shark preferred Australia
  • AFD
Great White Shark Australia
  • AFD
Great White Shark Australia
  • CAAB
Great White Shark
Great White Shark

sharks
Great White Shark
Great White Shark

sharks
Great White Shark

Vulnerable under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (Wildlife Conservation (Specially Protected Fauna) Notice 2018, schedule 3)
Grey Death Australia
  • AFD
Grey Pointer Australia
  • AFD
White Death Australia
  • AFD
White Pointer Australia
  • AFD
White Pointer Australia
  • CAAB
White Shark

sharks
White Shark

sharks
Name Source
Carcharodon carcharias ( Linnaeus , 1758) accepted
  • NZOR
Carcharodon carcharias inferred unplaced

Vulnerable under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (Wildlife Conservation (Specially Protected Fauna) Notice 2018, schedule 3)

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference

Bare scientific name reallocated to Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) by taxonomy builder
Carcharodon carcharias inferred accepted

sharks

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference

Scientific name reallocated to Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) by taxonomy builder
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted
  • CAAB

Bare scientific name reallocated to Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) by taxonomy builder
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus inferred accepted

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference
Carcharodon carcharias inferred unplaced

Bare scientific name reallocated to Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) by taxonomy builder
Carcharodon carcharias inferred accepted

sharks

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference

Scientific name reallocated to Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) by taxonomy builder
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
ALA_DR656_396 Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f308a791-3721-4010-87ec-a61868b6ab79 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
ALA_DR2201_142 Taxon current
ALA_DR18987_21 Taxon current
http://data.nzor.org.nz/names/244f7afa-54f2-456c-a968-232316b7b208 Scientific Name current
  • NZOR
ALA_DR654_37 Taxon current
37010003 Taxon Concept current
  • CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c03ed73d-afec-495c-a9f7-3cfc7eac8fc2 Scientific Name current
  • AFD
37010003 Taxon current
  • CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f308a791-3721-4010-87ec-a61868b6ab79 Taxon current
  • AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f308a791-3721-4010-87ec-a61868b6ab79 Taxon unknown
  • AFD
ALA_DR655_1529 Taxon current
NZOR-6-96294 Taxon current
  • NZOR
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f308a791-3721-4010-87ec-a61868b6ab79 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
GNATHOSTOMATA
informal
PISCES
class
CHONDRICHTHYES
subclass
ELASMOBRANCHII
order
LAMNIFORMES
family
LAMNIDAE
genus
Carcharodon
species
Carcharodon carcharias
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