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47930 Roxas, H.A. and C. Martin, 1937. Checklist of Philippine fishes. Bureau of Printing , Manila. Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Technical Bulletin (6). Philipp. Fish. 314pp. 1937 Carcharhinus dussumieri 13
2857 Herre, A.W.C.T. and A.F. Umali, 1948. English and local common names of Philippine fishes. U. S. Dept. of Interior and Fish and Wildl. Serv. Circular No. 14, U. S. Gov't Printing Office, Washington. 128 p. 1948 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
280 Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. 1953 Carcharias dussumieri 17
280 Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. 1953 Carcharhinus menisorrah 20
1623 Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1963. The fishes of Seychelles. Rhodes University, Grahamstown. 215 p. 1963 Carcharhinus tjutjot 5
205 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen, 1966. Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. 1966 Carcharhinus dussumieri 622-623
386 Garrick, J.A.F., 1982. Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. (445):194 p. 1982 Carcharhinus dussumieri 54
4883 Bykov, V.P., 1983. Marine Fishes: Chemical composition and processing properties. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. 322 p. 1983 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
559 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). 1984 Carcharhinus dussumieri 6;pl.5
5978 Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984. Trawled fishes of southern Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Australia, Directorate General of Fishes, Indonesia, and German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany. 407 p. 1984 Carcharhinus dussumieri 18
244 Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. 1984 Carcharhinus dussumieri 469
6867 Talwar, P.K. and R.K. Kacker, 1984. Commercial sea fishes of India. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 997 p. 1984 Carcharhinus dussumieri 42
30353 Venkateswarlu, T., 1984. Records of the zoological survey of India: scientific, common and vernacular names of fishes of India. Occasional Paper No. 56, Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, 95 p. 1984 Carcharhinus dussumieri 4
12606 Taniuchi, T., H. Tachikawa, Y. Kurata and Y. Nose, 1985. Galapagos shark, Carcharinus galapagensis, from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 31(4):449-452. 1985 Carcharhinus dussumieri 449
6993 Kailola, P.J., 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea. A revised and annotated checklist. Vol. 1. Myxinidae to Synbranchidae. Research Bulletin No. 41. Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 194 p. 1987 Carcharhinus dussumieri 14
51878 Hussain, N.A., A.K. Naiama and L.A.J. Al-Hassan, 1988. Annotated check list of the fish fauna of Khor Al-Zubair, north west of the Arabian Gulf, Iraq. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 18(1):17-24. 1988 Carcharhinus dussumieri 19
7300 Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. 1989 Carcharhinus dussumieri 77
9819 Russell, B.C. and W. Houston, 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. Beagle 6(1):69-84. 1989 Carcharhinus dussumieri 79
2334 Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. 1990 Carcharhinus dussumieri 19,27
4517 Hureau, J.-C., 1991. La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1991 Carcharias dussumieri -->
4517 Hureau, J.-C., 1991. La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1991 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
13356 Salini, J.P., S.J. Blaber and D.T. Brewer, 1992. Diets of sharks from estuaries and adjacent waters of the north-eastern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 43(1):87-96. 1992 Carcharhinus dussumieri 87-96
43515 Shao, K.-T., J.-P. Chen, P.-H. Kao and C.-Y. Wu, 1993. Fish fauna and their geographical distribution along the western coast of Taiwan. Acata Zoologica Taiwanica 4(2):113-140. 1993 Carcharhinus dussumieri 119
12951 Michael, S.W., 1993. Reef sharks and rays of the world. A guide to their identification, behavior, and ecology. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. 107 p. 1993 Carcharhinus dussumieri 61
6365 Fouda, M.M. and G.V. Hermosa Jr., 1993. A checklist of Oman fishes. Sultan Qaboos University Press, Sultanate of Oman. 42 p. 1993 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
5756 Mohsin, A.K.M., M.A. Ambak and M.N.A. Salam, 1993. Malay, English, and scientific names of the fishes of Malaysia. Occas. Publ. Fac. Fish. Mar. Sci. Univ. Pertanian Malays. 11:226 p. 1993 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
9137 Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993. Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. 1993 Carcharhinus dussumieri 28
9705 Nguyen, H.P. and H.L. Tran, 1994. Checklist of marine fishes in Viet Nam. Vol. 1. Amphioxi and Chondrichthyes. Science and Technics Publishing House, Viet Nam. 1994 Carcharhinus dussumieri 49
171 Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter, 1994. SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. 1994 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
6871 Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994. Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. 1994 Carcharhinus dussumieri 224,239-40;pl.36
6932 Salini, J.P., S.J.M. Blaber and D.T. Brewer, 1994. Diets of trawled predatory fish of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, with particular reference to predation on prawns. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 45(3):397-411. 1994 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
9700 Blaber, S.J.M., D.T. Brewer and A.N. Harris, 1994. Distribution, biomass and community structure of demersal fishes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 45(3):375-396. 1994 Carcharhinus dussumieri 391
12541 Goren, M. and M. Dor, 1994. An updated checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea (CLOFRES II). The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel. 120 p. 1994 Carcharhinus dussumieri 2
11441 Randall, J.E., 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. 1995 Carcharhinus dussumieri 30;fig.27
10311 Fritzsch, B. and P. Moller, 1995. A history of electroreception. p. 39-55. In P. Moller (ed.) Electric fishes:history and behavior. Fish and Fisheries Series 17. Chapman & Hall, London. 1995 Carcharhinus dussumieri 51-53
27550 Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak, 1996. Marine fishes and fisheries of Malaysia and neighbouring countries. University of Pertanian Malaysia Press, Serdang, Malaysia. 744 p. 1996 Carcharhinus dussumieri 61 ;fig.52
26066 Randall, J.E., H. Ida, K. Kato, R.L. Pyle and J.L. Earle, 1997. Annotated checklist of inshore fishes of the Ogasawara Islands. Nat. Sci. Mus. Monogr. (11):1-74. 1997 Carcharhinus dussumieri 5
28618 Randall, J.E., 1997. Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10,000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished. 1997 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
68964 Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz, 1997. Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. 293p + 17 col. plates. Rome, FAO. 1997 Carcharhinus dussumieri 61
50449 Dulvy, N.K. and J.D. Reynolds, 1997. Evolutionary transitions among egg-laying, live-bearing and maternal inputs in sharks and rays. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. B: Biol. Sci. 264:1309-1315. 1997 Carcharhinus dussumieri 1311
47613 Assadi, H. and Dehghani P.R., 1997. Atlas of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman fishes. Iranian Fisheries Research and Training Organization, Iran. 1997 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
9997 Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998. Carcharhinidae. Requiem sharks. p. 1312-1360. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO, Rome. 1998 Carcharhinus dussumieri 1334
31075 Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999. Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zool. Stud. 38(2):130-152. 1999 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
31411 Ganaden, S.R. and F. Lavapie-Gonzales, 1999. Common and local names of marine fishes of the Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippines. 385 p. 1999 Carcharhinus dussumieri 377
31517 Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. 1999 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
31982 Anonymous, 1999. Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). 1999 Carcharias dussumieri -->
33559 Cortés, E., 1999. Standardized diet compositions and trophic levels of sharks. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 56:707-717. 1999 Carcharhinus dussumieri 709
35766 Compagno, L.J.V., 1999. Checklist of living elasmobranchs. p. 471-498. In W.C. Hamlett (ed.) Sharks, skates, and rays: the biology of elasmobranch fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland. 1999 Carcharhinus dussumieri 483
36648 Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. 2000 Carcharhinus dussumieri 580
36670 Anonymous, 2000. Fish collection database of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 2000 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
56138 Cortés, E., 2000. Life history patterns and correlations in sharks. Rev. Fish. Sci. 8(4):299-344. 2000 Carcharhinus dussumieri 335
35508 Anonymous, 2000. The icthyological collection of the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). Division of Ichthyology and Herpetology, Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). 2000 Carcharias dussumieri -->
47533 Iranian Fisheries Company and Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, 2000. Persian Gulf and Oman sea fishes. Poster. Iran. 2000 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
47843 Huang, Z., 2001. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. p. 404-463. Vertebrata. Smithsonian Institution, Florida, USA. 598 p. 2001 Carcharhinus dussumieri 406
46893 Duong, T.T., 2001. Mot so loai ca thuong gap o bien Viet Nam (Viet Nam's Common Marine Fishes Catalogue). Ministry of Fisheries of Viet Nam-Fisheries Information Center of Viet Nam. 195 p. 2001 Carcharhinus dussumieri 2
40919 Anonymous, 2001. Fish collection database of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. 2001 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
38732 Anonymous, 2001. Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. 2001 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
45255 Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002. Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India.775 p. 2002 Carcharhinus dussumieri 8
43454 Bor, P.H.F., 2002. Nederlandse naamlijst van de recente haaien en roggen (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) van de wereld. World Wide Web electronic publication www.rajidae.tmfweb.nl, version (05/2002). 2002 Carcharhinus dussumieri 16
48497 Hardy, J.D. Jr. (comp.), 2003. Coral reef fish species. NOAA\National Oceanographic Data Center. NODC Coral Reef Data and Information Management System. USA. 537 p. 2003 Carcharhinus dussumieri 6
51471 Carl, H., 2003. Danish fish names. Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Unpublished. 2003 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
58108 Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 2003. Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn 2003 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
50831 Seafood Services Australia, 2004. Australian fish names list. http://www.seafoodservices.com.au/, version 16 September 2003. 2004 Carcharhinus dussumieri 1
53392 Ahmad, A., A.A. Abdul Haris Hilmi, A.C. Gambang, S. Ahemad and A.R. Solahuddin (eds.), 2004. Elasmobranch resources, utilization, trade and management in Malaysia. Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center. 2004 Carcharhinus dussumieri 27
55073 Chen, C.-H., 2004. Checklist of the fishes of Penghu. FRI Special Publication No. 4. 175 p. 2004 Carcharhinus dussumieri 21
77001 Kim, I.S., Y. Choi, C.L. Lee, Y.J. Lee, B.J. Kim and J.H. Kim, 2005. Illustrated book of Korean fishes. Kyo-Hak Pub Co. Seoul. 615p. (in Korean). 2005 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
47737 Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005. Checklist of Philippine Chondrichthyes. CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Rept. 243. 101 p. 2005 Carcharhinus dussumieri 37
75154 Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006. Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. 2006 Carcharhinus dussumieri 100
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75549 FAO-FIES, 2008. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis, 29 April 2008. 2008 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
81256 Huang, Z.-G. (ed.), 2008. Zhongguo hai yang sheng wu zhong lei yu fen bu / Huang Zongguo zhu bian = Marine species and their distribution in China. Beijing Shi : Hai yang chu ban she, 2, 2, [2], 2, 2, 5, 1191 p. ; 27 cm. 2008 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
85449 Department of Fisheries Malaysia, 2009. Valid local name of Malaysian marine fishes. Department of Fisheries Malaysia. Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry. 180 p. 2009 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
83882 FAO-FIES, 2010. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2010. 2010 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
84159 Golani, D. and S. V. Bogorodsky, 2010. The fishes of the Red Sea - reappraisal and updated checklist. Zootaxa 2463:1-135. 2010 Carcharhinus dussumieri 56
87400 Henderson, A.C. and A.J. Reeve, 2011. Noteworthy elasmobranch records from Oman. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 33(1): 171-175. 2011 Carcharhinus dussumieri 172
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89954 White, W.T., 2012. A redescription of Carcharhinus dussumieri and C. sealei, with resurrection of C. coatesi and C. tjutjot as valid species (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae). Zootaxa 3241:1-34. 2012 Carcharhinus dussumieri 11;fig.5-7;tab.2
90062 FAO-FIES, 2012. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2012. 2012 Carcharhinus dussumieri -->
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110893 Alava, M.N.R., J.P.A. Gaudiano, J.A. Utzurrum, E.E.C. Capuli, M.T.R. Aquino, M.M.A. Luchavez-Maypa and M.D. Santos, 2014. Pating Ka Ba? An identification guide to sharks , batoids and chimaeras of the Philippines. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources - National Fisheries Research and Development Institute and Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines. 200 p. 2014 Carcharhinus dussumieri 21
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