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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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Cuba country information

Common names: Caribbean Sharpnose Shark, Cazón de ley, Sharpnose shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 244.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Claro, R. and L.R. Parenti, 2001
National Database:

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


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