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Carcharias forskalii
Ambiguous synonym for Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
other, original combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
ex Ehrenberg. Unavailable name. Species spelling, author and year from Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Nov. 1999: Ref. 33021).
  Etymology of generic noun  
  from ETYFish
From the Ancient Greek karkharías, shark, derived from kárkharos, sharp or jagged, referring to a shark’s teeth. (See ETYFish)
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
ITIS TSN : 160441 | Catalogue of Life | ZooBank | WoRMS

Note: ETYFish and FishBase started a collaboration to complete the etymology for all valid names of fishes. For the current update, the following groups were completed: hagfishes (Myxini), lampreys (Petromyzonti), chimaeras (Holocephali), and sharks (Squalomorphi). It is a work in progress, so the two websites may not be synchronized.

Scharpf, C. The ETYFish Project, Fish Name Etymology Database. https://www.etyfish.org
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