Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Carcharhinus platyrhynchus (Gilbert, 1892), Carcharias albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837, Eulamia albimarginata (Rüppell, 1837), Eulamia platyrhynchus Gilbert, 1892, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Taxon origin: Vagrant

Distribution: Widespread in tropical, in the eastern Pacific most common around islands arising from submarine banks in southern California to Colombia, and Clipperton, Cocos, Las Tres Marias, Revillagigedos. Tropical Indo-Pacific. Southern Baja to Ecuado in Galápagos in Islands.

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