Scoliodon
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Scoliodon is a genus of requiem sharks in the family Carcharhinidae.[1] It was formerly thought to include only a single Indo-Pacific species, the spadenose shark (S. laticaudus), but recent taxonomic research has found an additional species, the Pacific spadenose shark (S. macrorhynchos).
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Scoliodon | |
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Pacific spadenose shark (Scoliodon macrorhynchos) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: | Scoliodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 |
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Scoliodon laticaudus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 | |
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