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Carcharhinus altimus

Carcharhinus altimus

Großnasenhai(+7)·(Springer, 1950)

GBIF:155389285

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

Distribution Map

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(16)

Red Sea

Red Sea

Madagascar

South Africa

Madagascar

Red Sea

Mediterranean Sea

introduced

Madagascar

European Marine Waters

North West Atlantic

Gulf of Mexico

Mediterranean Sea

introduced

Levantine Sea

introduced

Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(IL)

Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)

Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 6 languages.

Großnasenhaideubignose sharkengiriburun camgözturpicotospatiburón babosospa+3 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 6 languages.

Großnasenhai

deu

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

bignose shark

eng

Source: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

iriburun camgöz

tur

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

picoto

spa

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

tiburón baboso

spa

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

tiburón narizón

spa

Source: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Μεγαλόρυγχος καρχαρίνος

ell

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

כריש גדול-שן

heb

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaChordataVertebrataGnathostomataChondrichthyesElasmobranchiiNeoselachiiSelachiiGaleomorphiCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidaeCarcharhinusCarcharhinus altimus

DOM

Biota

Biota868,823

K

Animalia

Animalia624,570

P

Chordata

SUB

Vertebrata

Vertebrata49,207

INF

Gnathostomata

Gnathostomata49,030

Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes1,702

C

Elasmobranchii

Elasmobranchii1,631

SUB

Neoselachii

Neoselachii1,630

INF

Selachii

SUP

Galeomorphi

O

Carcharhiniformes

Carcharhiniformes375

F

Carcharhinidae

Carcharhinidae72

G

Carcharhinus

S

Carcharhinus altimus

Carcharhinus altimus

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 60 proteins)

NCBI:txid303933

UNKNOWN

NOMENCLATURE

Synonyms(4)

Carcharhinus radamaeFourmanoir, 1961

Carcharinus altimus(Springer, 1950)

Carcharinus radamaeFourmanoir, 1961

Eulamia altimaSpringer, 1950

Occurrences with images

CITATIONS

References(10)

1

Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711.

additional sourceDOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4

2

Florida Museum of Natural History. 2003. Ichthyology Collection Database.

additional source

3

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

additional source

4

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.

additional source

5

Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

ecology sourceDOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4