Sharpfin houndshark

Taxobox
name = Sharpfin houndshark
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
trend =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Triakidae
genus = "Triakis"
species = "T. acutipinna"
binomial = "Triakis acutipinna"
binomial_authority = Kato, 1968

The sharpfin houndshark, "Triakis acutipinna", is a hound shark of the family Triakidae. Only two specimens have been found, both in the coastal waters of Ecuador, the longest being 1.02 metres.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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