Sliteye shark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: | Loxodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 |
Species: | L. macrorhinus |
Binomial name | |
Loxodon macrorhinus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 |
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Range of the sliteye shark |
The sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus) the only member of the genus Loxodon, is a shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 34° N and 30° S, from depths of 7 to 100 m. Its length is up to about 95 cm.