Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
Gender: M; Bull. Soc. philomath. Paris, 8: 121
Type: Carcharias melanopterus Quoy and Gaimard, 1824, under suspension of the Rules by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature; see Opinion 723, Bull. zool. Nom., 22 (1): 32.
Synonyms
Aprionodon Gill, 1861, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 13: 59 (a replacement name for Aprion Müller and Henle, 1841, a junior homonym of Aprion Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830; type Aprionodon punctatus Gill, 1861, by orig. design.).
Eulamia Gill, 1862, Ann. Lyceum nat. Hist. New York, 7: 401, 410 (type: Carcharias (Prionodon) milberti Valenciennes, 1841, by monotypy).
Mapolamia Whitley, 1934, Mem. Qd Mus., 0 (4): 188 (type: Carcharias melanopterus Quoy and Gaimard, 1824, by orig. design.).
Longmania Whitley, 1939, Aust. Zool., 9 (3): 231 (type: Carcharias (Aprion) brevipinna Müller and Henle, 1841, by orig. design.).
Pterolamiops Springer, 1951, Copeia(3): 244 ( a replacement name for Pterolamia Springer, 1950, a junior homonym of Pterolamia Breuning, 1942; type: Squalus longimamus Poey, 1861, by orig. design.).