Hardnose shark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: | Carcharhinus |
Species: | C. macloti |
Binomial name | |
Carcharhinus macloti (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) |
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Range of the hardnose shark | |
Synonyms | |
Carcharias macloti Müller & Henle, 1839 |
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]