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Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861)

Caribbean sharpnose shark
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vc.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.vincy.com/fisheries/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

sub class Elasmobranchii (ฉลามและกระเบน) (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 นิเวศวิทยา

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม; น้ำจืด; กร่อย เกี่ยวกับหินโสโครก; ระดับความลึก ? - 500 m (Ref. 244), usually ? - 100 m (Ref. 244).   Tropical; 28°N - 40°S, 88°W - 32°W (Ref. 55194)

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