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Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 235.
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Types

Type of: Carcharodon (Genus) Smith, 1838

Variants

Different spelling: Carcharodon carcharis nom. null.

Combinations

Basionym: Squalus carcharias Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Carcharias atwoodi Storer, 1848 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Carcharias maso Morris, 1898 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Carcharias verus Cloquet, 1817 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Carcharias vorax Owen, 1853 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Carcharias vulgaris (Richardson, 1836) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Carcharodon albimors Whitley, 1939 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Carcharodon capensis Smith, 1839 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Carcharodon rondeletii Müller & Henle, 1839 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Carcharodon smithi Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Carcharodon smithii Agassiz, 1838 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Squalus vulgaris Richardson, 1836 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: mensenhaai Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
: grote witte haai Ref: 1992
: menseneter Ref: 1992

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: great white shark Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
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