Caribbean sharpnose shark
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| Caribbean sharpnose shark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Rhizoprionodon |
| Species: | R. porosus |
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| Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) |
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The Caribbean sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon porosus, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean between latitudes 28° N and 40° S, from the surface to 500 m. Its length is up to about 1.1 m.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Rhizoprionodon porosus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
