Pacific spadenose shark
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]
| Pacific spadenose shark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Scoliodon |
| Species: | S. macrorhynchos |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carcharias macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) | |
References
- 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.
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