Sliteye shark
Species of shark
Sliteye shark | |
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Conservation status | |
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: | Loxodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 |
Species: | L. macrorhinus |
Binomial name | |
Loxodon macrorhinus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 | |
Range of the sliteye shark |
The sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus.[2] It is found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific between latitudes 34° N and 30° S, from depths of 7 to 100 m.[2] It can reach a length of about 95 cm.
References
- ^ Rigby, C.L.; Gutteridge, A.N.; Derrick, D.; Pacoureau, N. (2021). "Loxodon macrorhinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T41831A173435173. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T41831A173435173.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Loxodon macrorhinus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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Extant requiem shark species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Chondrichthyes
- Subclass Elasmobranchii
- Subdivision Selachii
- Order Carcharhiniformes
- Blacknose shark (C. acronotus)
- Silvertip shark (C. albimarginatus)
- Bignose shark (C. altimus)
- Graceful shark (C. amblyrhynchoides)
- Grey reef shark (C. amblyrhynchos)
- Pigeye shark (C. amboinensis)
- Borneo shark (C. borneensis)
- Copper shark (C. brachyurus)
- Spinner shark (C. brevipinna)
- Nervous shark (C. cautus)
- Pacific smalltail shark (C. cerdale)
- C. coatesi
- Whitecheek shark (C. dussumieri)
- Silky shark (C. falciformis)
- Creek whaler (C. fitzroyensis)
- Galapagos shark (C. galapagenisis)
- Pondicherry shark (C. hemiodon)
- Finetooth shark (C. isodon)
- Smoothtooth blacktip shark (C. leiodon)
- Bull shark (C. leucas)
- Blacktip shark (C. limbatus)
- Oceanic whitetip shark (C. longimanus)
- Hardnose shark (C. macloti)
- Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus)
- Dusky shark (C. obscurus)
- Caribbean reef shark (C. perezi)
- Sandbar shark (C. plumbeus)
- Smalltail shark (C. porosus)
- Blackspot shark (C. sealei)
- Night shark (C. signatus)
- Spot-tail shark (C. sorrah)
- Australian blacktip shark (C. tilstoni)
- C. tjutjot
- Tiger shark (G. cuvier)
- Borneo river shark (G. fowlerae)
- Ganges shark (G. gangeticus)
- Northern river shark (G. garricki)
- Speartooth shark (G. glyphis)
- Irrawaddy river shark (G. siamensis)
- Daggernose shark (I. oxyrhynchus)
- Broadfin shark (L. temminckii)
- Borneo broadfin shark (L. tephrodes)
- Sliteye shark (L. macrorhinus)
- Whitenose shark (N. velox)
- Sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens)
- Lemon shark (N. brevirostris)
- Blue shark (P. glauca)
- Milk shark (R. acutus)
- Brazilian sharpnose shark (R. lalandii)
- Pacific sharpnose shark (R. longurio)
- Grey sharpnose shark (R. oligolinx)
- Caribbean sharpnose shark (R. porosus)
- Australian sharpnose shark (R. taylori)
- Atlantic sharpnose shark (R. terraenovae)
- Spadenose shark (S. laticaudus)
- Pacific spadenose shark (S. macrorhynchos)
- Whitetip reef shark (T. obesus)