Sharpfin houndshark

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Sharpfin houndshark
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Triakidae Genus: Triakis Species: T. acutipinna
Binomial name
Triakis acutipinna Kato, 1968

The sharpfin houndshark, Triakis acutipinna, is a hound shark of the family Triakidae. Only two specimens have been found, both in the coastal waters of Ecuador, the longest being 1.02 metres.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

[edit] References

• "Triakis acutipinna". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.