Biblio Entry Summary for Carcharhinus cerdale
 
Citation Castro, J.I., 2011, Resurrection of the name Carcharhinus cerdale, a species different from Carcharhinus porosus.. aqua, International Journal 17(1):1-10.
Ref. 86285 Castro, J.I., 2011
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Named Used as Valid Carcharhinus cerdale
Comment
Locality Pacific: Panama.
Distribution Eastern Pacific from the Gulf of California to Peru.
Quote Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Ref. 34302:398), considered C. cerdale a junior synonym; this work was so authoritative that subsequent authors generally accepted the synonymy eventhough these spp are morphologically different. However, the first error is probably attributable to Meek and Hildebrand (1923) when their statement that C. cerdale was found in both sides of the Isthmus of Panama engendered the errors that followed.
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