Rhizoprionodon

Taxobox
name = "Rhizoprionodon"
fossil_range = Fossil range|56|0 Early Eocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-09 ]


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Atlantic sharpnose shark
"Rhizoprionodon terraenovae"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Carcharhinidae
genus = "Rhizoprionodon"
genus_authority = Whitley , 1929
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Rhizoprionodon" is a genus of requiem sharks, in the family Carcharhinidae.

pecies

* Milk shark, "Rhizoprionodon acutus" (Rüppell, 1837)
* Brazilian sharpnose shark, "Rhizoprionodon lalandii" (Müller & Henle, 1839)
* Pacific sharpnose shark, "Rhizoprionodon longurio" (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
* Grey sharpnose shark, "Rhizoprionodon oligolinx" Springer, 1964
* Caribbean sharpnose shark, "Rhizoprionodon porosus" (Poey, 1861)
* Australian sharpnose shark, "Rhizoprionodon taylori" (Ogilby, 1915)
* Atlantic sharpnose shark, "Rhizoprionodon terraenovae" (Richardson, 1836)

References

External links

* [http://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.cfm?ID=Rhizoprionodon FishBase genus summary: "Rhizoprionodon"]