Lamiopsis

Lamiopsis
Broadfin shark (L. temminckii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Lamiopsis
Gill, 1862
Type species
Carcharias temminckii
Müller & Henle, 1839

Lamiopsis is a genus of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. It was long thought to contain only a single species, but recently, the Borneo broadfin shark (L. tephrodes) was resurrected as a separate species from the broadfin shark (L. temminckii).

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