- Hound shark
Taxobox
name = Hound sharks
image_width = 240px
image_caption = Leopard shark, "Triakis semifasciata "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
subclassis =Elasmobranchii
ordo =Carcharhiniformes
familia = Triakidae
familia_authority = Gray, 1851
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See textHound sharks are a family, Triakidae, of ground sharks, consisting of about 40 species in 9 genera. In some classifications, the family is split in two, with "
Mustelus ", "Scylliogaleus ", and "Triakis " in Triakidae, and the remaining genera in Galeorhinidae.Hound sharks are small sharks with two large spineless
dorsal fin s and ananal fin . They are found throughout the world in warm and temperate waters, where they feed on fishes and invertebrates on the seabed and in midwater.Genera
* "
Furgaleus "
* "Galeorhinus "
* "Gogolia "
* "Hemitriakis "
* "Hypogaleus "
* "Iago"
* "Mustelus "
* "Scylliogaleus "
* "Triakis "Cladogram
* Triakidae
** Triakinae
*** Scylliogaleini
**** Scylliogaleus
*** Triakini
**** Mustelus
**** Triakis
***** Subgenus Triakis
***** Subgenus Cazon (may be a genus)
** Galeorhininae
*** Galeorhinini
**** Galeorhinus
**** Hypogaleus
*** Iagini
**** Gogolia
**** Hemitriakis
**** IagoReferences
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* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Chondrichthyes/Elasmobranchii/Carcharhiniformes/Triakidae.htm Cladogram reference]
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