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Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861)

Caribbean sharpnose shark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Rhizoprionodon porosus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Belize country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Jacobs, N.D., 1998
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Bycatch in shrimp trawls (Ref. 26840).
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jacobs, N.D., 1998
National Database: Belize Biodiversity Information System

Common names from other countries

Requin aiguille antillais, Cazón picudo antillano, Atlantic sharpnose shark, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (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);  porosus: Latin for pored or full of holes, referring to enlarged hyomandibular pores on both sides of head. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Poey.

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

marinhas; Água doce; estuarina associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade ? - 500 m (Ref. 244), usually ? - 100 m (Ref. 244).   Tropical; 28°N - 40°S, 88°W - 32°W (Ref. 55194)

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