Hardnose shark
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| Hardnose shark | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Carcharhinus |
| Species: | C. macloti |
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| Carcharhinus macloti (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Carcharias macloti Müller & Henle, 1839 |
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The hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti) is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 26° N and 11° S, from the surface to 170 m. Its length is up to about 1.1 m.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Stevens, J. (2003). "Carcharhinus macloti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/41737. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "Carcharhinus macloti" in FishBase. April 2010 version.
