Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Carcharhinidae > Genus Carcharhinus

Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Carcharhinus*	de Blainville, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Galapagos shark sources: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.

English-United States: Galapagos shark sources: english PESI focal point

German: Galapagoshai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Καρχαρίνος των Γκαλάπαγκος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Galapaginis pilkasis ryklys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: tiburón de Galápagos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Galapagos köpekbalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула сіра галапагоська; Галапагосская акула

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Taxon found in 23 publications.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (20 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105790