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Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915)

Australian sharpnose shark
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Common names: Australian sharpnose shark, Taylors shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in northern Australia, from the North-West Shelf (uncommon) to southern Queensland (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 244, 7300, 9997.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin aiguille réchine, Cazón picudo australiano, قِرش صنّارة أسترالي, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Rhizoprionodon: rhiza (Gr.), root; prion (Gr.) saw; odon (Gr.), tooth, referring to teeth with serrated (saw-like) bases, or roots [replacement name for Rhizoprion Ogilby 1915, preoccupied by Rhizoprion Jourdan 1861 in mammals]. (See ETYFish);  taylori: In honor of entomologist Frank Henry Taylor (1886-1945), Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia, who collected holotype. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Ogilby.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range ? - 300 m (Ref. 75154).   Tropical; 8°S - 28°S

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