Australian sharpnose shark

Australian sharpnose shark
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Rhizoprionodon
Species:	R. taylori
Binomial name
Rhizoprionodon taylori (J. D. Ogilby, 1915)

The Australian sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon taylori) is a requiem shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea and northern Australia, between latitudes 8°N and 28°S, from the surface to a depth of 110 m. It can grow up to a length around 70 cm.

References[]

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Rhizoprionodon taylori" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
• International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Red List of Threatened Species, 2003