Rhizoprionodon

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Rhizoprionodon
Temporal range: 53–0Ma[1]
Early Eocene to Present
Milk shark (R. acutus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Rhizoprionodon
Whitley, 1929
Type species
Carcharias (Scoliodon) crenidens
Klunzinger, 1879
Synonyms
  • Protozygaena Whitley, 1940
  • Rhizoprion Ogilby, 1915

Rhizoprionodon is a genus of requiem sharks, family Carcharhinidae, commonly known as sharpnose sharks because of their long, pointed snouts.

Species

  • Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) (Milk shark)
  • Rhizoprionodon lalandii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Brazilian sharpnose shark)
  • Rhizoprionodon longurio (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific sharpnose shark)
  • Rhizoprionodon oligolinx V. G. Springer, 1964 (Grey sharpnose shark)
  • Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) (Caribbean sharpnose shark)
  • Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915) (Australian sharpnose shark)
  • Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (J. Richardson, 1836) (Atlantic sharpnose shark)

See also

  • List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

References

  1. ↑ Carrier, J.C., J.A. Musick and M.R. Heithaus, ed. (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 0-8493-1514-X. 
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