Pacific spadenose shark

Pacific spadenose shark
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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)
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

  1. 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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 14, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.