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Carcharhinus maou
Ambiguous synonym for Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Ambiguous synonym
  Status details  
other, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Year from Eschmeyer (CofF 1998: Ref. 26282). In the synonymy of the younger Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey 1861).
  Etymology of generic noun  
  from ETYFish
karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish)
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  

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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