Sharpfin houndshark

Sharpfin houndshark
Conservation status
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.

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