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Scoliodon laticaudus Müller & Henle, 1838

Spadenose shark
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Common names: Dog shark, Indian dogshark, Spadenose shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Ahmad, A., A.A. Abdul Haris Hilmi, A.C. Gambang, S. Ahemad and A.R. Solahuddin (eds.), 2004
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 244, 9997.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/my.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ahmad, A., A.A. Abdul Haris Hilmi, A.C. Gambang, S. Ahemad and A.R. Solahuddin (eds.), 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin épée, Cazón espadachín, قرش حُسام, ... 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: Scoliodon: scolio-, from skolios (Gr.), oblique; odon (Gr.), tooth, referring to oblique teeth pointing towards sides of mouth. (See ETYFish);  laticaudus: latus (L.), wide or broad; cauda (L.), tail, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to width of upper caudal-fin lobe. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Müller & Henle.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 13 m.   Tropical; 26°C - 29°C (Ref. 4959); 34°N - 26°S, 32°E - 130°E

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