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Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852)

Pacific spadenose shark
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Misidentified as Carcharias laticaudus from Luzón, Cavite, Sta. Cruz in Casto de Elera, 1895, Ref. 47939:613 (Ref. 84283). Also Ref. 110893.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: White, W.T., P.R. Last and G.J.P. Naylor, 2010
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Pikknina-lasnhai, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Scoliodon: scolio-, from skolios (Gr.), oblique; odon (Gr.), tooth, referring to oblique teeth pointing towards sides of mouth. (See ETYFish);  macrorhynchos: macro-, from makros (Gr.), long; rhynchos (Gr.), snout, referring to its long (and extremely flattened) snout. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal.   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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