Rhizoprionodon
Genus of sharks
| Rhizoprionodon Temporal range: 53–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Milk shark (R. acutus) | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 |
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| Carcharias (Scoliodon) crenidens Klunzinger, 1879 | |
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Rhizoprionodon is a genus of requiem sharks, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, commonly known as sharpnose sharks because of their long, pointed snouts.
Species
- Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) (milk shark)
- Rhizoprionodon lalandii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Brazilian sharpnose shark)
- Rhizoprionodon longurio (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific sharpnose shark)
- Rhizoprionodon oligolinx V. G. Springer, 1964 (grey sharpnose shark)
- Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) (Caribbean sharpnose shark)
- Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915) (Australian sharpnose shark)
- Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (J. Richardson, 1836) (Atlantic sharpnose shark)
See also
Sharks portal
References
- ^ Carrier, J.C.; J.A. Musick; M.R. Heithaus, eds. (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 0-8493-1514-X.
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Extant requiem shark species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Chondrichthyes
- Subclass Elasmobranchii
- Subdivision Selachii
- Order Carcharhiniformes
- Blacknose shark (C. acronotus)
- Silvertip shark (C. albimarginatus)
- Bignose shark (C. altimus)
- Graceful shark (C. amblyrhynchoides)
- Grey reef shark (C. amblyrhynchos)
- Pigeye shark (C. amboinensis)
- Borneo shark (C. borneensis)
- Copper shark (C. brachyurus)
- Spinner shark (C. brevipinna)
- Nervous shark (C. cautus)
- Pacific smalltail shark (C. cerdale)
- C. coatesi
- Whitecheek shark (C. dussumieri)
- Silky shark (C. falciformis)
- Creek whaler (C. fitzroyensis)
- Galapagos shark (C. galapagenisis)
- Pondicherry shark (C. hemiodon)
- Finetooth shark (C. isodon)
- Smoothtooth blacktip shark (C. leiodon)
- Bull shark (C. leucas)
- Blacktip shark (C. limbatus)
- Oceanic whitetip shark (C. longimanus)
- Hardnose shark (C. macloti)
- Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus)
- Dusky shark (C. obscurus)
- Caribbean reef shark (C. perezi)
- Sandbar shark (C. plumbeus)
- Smalltail shark (C. porosus)
- Blackspot shark (C. sealei)
- Night shark (C. signatus)
- Spot-tail shark (C. sorrah)
- Australian blacktip shark (C. tilstoni)
- C. tjutjot
- Tiger shark (G. cuvier)
- Borneo river shark (G. fowlerae)
- Ganges shark (G. gangeticus)
- Northern river shark (G. garricki)
- Speartooth shark (G. glyphis)
- Irrawaddy river shark (G. siamensis)
- Daggernose shark (I. oxyrhynchus)
- Broadfin shark (L. temminckii)
- Borneo broadfin shark (L. tephrodes)
- Sliteye shark (L. macrorhinus)
- Whitenose shark (N. velox)
- Sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens)
- Lemon shark (N. brevirostris)
- Blue shark (P. glauca)
- Milk shark (R. acutus)
- Brazilian sharpnose shark (R. lalandii)
- Pacific sharpnose shark (R. longurio)
- Grey sharpnose shark (R. oligolinx)
- Caribbean sharpnose shark (R. porosus)
- Australian sharpnose shark (R. taylori)
- Atlantic sharpnose shark (R. terraenovae)
- Spadenose shark (S. laticaudus)
- Pacific spadenose shark (S. macrorhynchos)
- Whitetip reef shark (T. obesus)
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