Pacific spadenose shark
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Pacific spadenose shark | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: | Scoliodon |
Species: | S. macrorhynchos |
Binomial name | |
Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) |
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Synonyms | |
Carcharias macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) |
The Pacific spadenose shark (Scoliodon macrorhynchos) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. It was once regarded as conspecific to the spadenose shark (S. laticaudus).[1]
References[edit]
- ^ White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2010) Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Bleerer, 1852), a second species of spadenose shark from the western Pacific (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae). pp. 61–76. In: P.R. Last, W.T. White, J.J. Pogonoski (eds) Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 032, 165 pp.
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