CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxa List

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List of 33 taxa grouped by families - click on CAAB code to see taxon report.

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Animalia (kingdom)   Chordata (phylum)   Elasmobranchii (class)   Lamniformes (order)

  • Alopiidae
    • Alopias pelagicus    Nakamura, 1935      Pelagic Thresher      37 012003
    • Alopias superciliosus    (Lowe, 1841)      Bigeye Thresher      37 012002
    • Alopias vulpinus    (Bonnaterre, 1788)      Thresher Shark      37 012001
    • Alopias spp.              37 012901
    • Alopiidae         thresher sharks      37 012000
  • Carchariidae
    • Carcharias taurus    Rafinesque, 1810      Greynurse Shark      37 008001
    • Carcharias spp.         [a sand tiger shark]      37 008901
    • Carchariidae         [a grey nurse shark]      37 008904
  • Cetorhinidae
    • Cetorhinus maximus    (Gunnerus, 1765)      Basking Shark      37 011001
    • Cetorhinus spp.              37 011901
    • Cetorhinidae         basking sharks      37 011000
  • Lamnidae
    • Carcharodon carcharias    (Linnaeus, 1758)      White Shark      37 010003
    • Carcharodon spp.              37 010901
    • Isurus oxyrinchus    Rafinesque, 1810      Shortfin Mako      37 010001
    • Isurus paucus    Guitart Manday, 1966      Longfin Mako      37 010002
    • Isurus spp.              37 010902
    • Lamna nasus    (Bonnaterre, 1788)      Porbeagle      37 010004
    • Lamna spp.              37 010903
    • Lamnidae         mackerel sharks      37 010000
  • Megachasmidae
    • Megachasma pelagios    Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983      Megamouth Shark      37 009001
    • Megachasma spp.              37 009901
    • Megachasmidae              37 009904
  • Mitsukurinidae
    • Mitsukurina owstoni    Jordan, 1898      Goblin Shark      37 009002
    • Mitsukurina spp.              37 009902
    • Mitsukurinidae              37 009905
  • Odontaspididae
    • Odontaspis ferox    (Risso, 1810)      Sandtiger Shark      37 008003
    • Odontaspis spp.              37 008902
    • Odontaspididae         [a sand tiger shark]      37 008903
  • Odontaspididae, Carchariidae
    • Odontaspididae, Carchariidae              37 008000
  • Pseudocarchariidae
    • Pseudocarcharias kamoharai    (Matsubara, 1936)      Crocodile Shark      37 009003
    • Pseudocarcharias spp.              37 009903
    • Pseudocarchariidae              37 009906
  • family not defined
    • Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Pseudocarchariidae         megamouth, goblin and crocodile sharks      37 009000

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