Scoliodon
Scoliodon is a genus of requiem sharks in the family Carcharhinidae. It was formerly thought to include only a single Indo-Pacific species, the spadenose shark (S. laticaudus), but recent taxonomic research has found an additional species, the Pacific spadenose shark (S. macrorhynchos).
| Scoliodon | |
|---|---|
| Pacific spadenose shark (Scoliodon macrorhynchos) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Scoliodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Scoliodon laticaudus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 | |
| Synonyms | |
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