Definition of Genus Carcharhinus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Carcharhinidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carcharhinus

genus Cannabis
genus Cantharellus
genus Capella
genus Capparis
genus Capra
genus Caprella
genus Capreolus
genus Capricornis
genus Caprimulgus
genus Capros
genus Capsella
genus Capsicum
genus Caragana
genus Caranx
genus Carcharhinus (current term)
genus Carcharias
genus Carcharodon
genus Cardamine
genus Cardium
genus Carduelis
genus Carduus
genus Caretta
genus Carex
genus Cariama
genus Carica
genus Carissa
genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea

Literary usage of Genus Carcharhinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus CARCHARHINUS Blainville. Flat-headed Sharks. This genus includes numerous species of medium and large sized sharks, of voracious habits, ..."

2. Red Sea Sharks by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (1999)
"The grey reef shark, the silky, the oceanic whitetip and all the other members of the genus Carcharhinus are viviparous. Hammerheads - of which the ..."

3. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Bureau of Fisheries, United States (1916)
"Genus CARCHARHINUS Blainville. KEY TO THE SPECIES. a. Fins black-tipped; teeth similar in form in both jaws, narrow-cusped, broad-based in -*3~34 rows; ..."

4. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Genus CARCHARHINUS Blainville. Flat-headed Sharks. This genus includes numerous species of medium and large sized sharks, of voracious habits, ..."

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