Rhizoprionodon Knowpia

Rhizoprionodon; Temporal range: 53–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene to Present
	Milk shark (R. acutus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Rhizoprionodon; Whitley, 1929
Type species
	Carcharias (Scoliodon) crenidens; Klunzinger, 1879
Synonyms
	Protozygaena Whitley, 1940; Rhizoprion Ogilby, 1915;

Rhizoprionodon is a genus of requiem sharks, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, commonly known as sharpnose sharks because of their long, pointed snouts.

Species edit

Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) (milk shark)
Rhizoprionodon lalandii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Brazilian sharpnose shark)
Rhizoprionodon longurio (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific sharpnose shark)
Rhizoprionodon oligolinx V. G. Springer, 1964 (grey sharpnose shark)
Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) (Caribbean sharpnose shark)
Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915) (Australian sharpnose shark)
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (J. Richardson, 1836) (Atlantic sharpnose shark)

References edit

^ Carrier, J.C.; J.A. Musick; M.R. Heithaus, eds. (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 0-8493-1514-X.

[1] Carrier, J.C.; J.A. Musick; M.R. Heithaus, eds. (2004). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 0-8493-1514-X.

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Rhizoprionodon Temporal range: 53–0 Ma^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene to Present

Milk shark (R. acutus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929
Type species
Carcharias (Scoliodon) crenidens Klunzinger, 1879
Synonyms
Protozygaena Whitley, 1940 Rhizoprion Ogilby, 1915