Sliteye shark

Species of shark

Sliteye shark
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Loxodon
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838
Species:
L. macrorhinus
Binomial name
Loxodon macrorhinus
Range of the sliteye shark

The sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus.[2] It is found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific between latitudes 34° N and 30° S, from depths of 7 to 100 m.[2] It can reach a length of about 95 cm.

References

  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Gutteridge, A.N.; Derrick, D.; Pacoureau, N. (2021). "Loxodon macrorhinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T41831A173435173. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T41831A173435173.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Loxodon macrorhinus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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Extant requiem shark species
Carcharhinus
  • Blacknose shark (C. acronotus)
  • Silvertip shark (C. albimarginatus)
  • Bignose shark (C. altimus)
  • Graceful shark (C. amblyrhynchoides)
  • Grey reef shark (C. amblyrhynchos)
  • Pigeye shark (C. amboinensis)
  • Borneo shark (C. borneensis)
  • Copper shark (C. brachyurus)
  • Spinner shark (C. brevipinna)
  • Nervous shark (C. cautus)
  • Pacific smalltail shark (C. cerdale)
  • C. coatesi
  • Whitecheek shark (C. dussumieri)
  • Silky shark (C. falciformis)
  • Creek whaler (C. fitzroyensis)
  • Galapagos shark (C. galapagenisis)
  • Pondicherry shark (C. hemiodon)
  • Finetooth shark (C. isodon)
  • Smoothtooth blacktip shark (C. leiodon)
  • Bull shark (C. leucas)
  • Blacktip shark (C. limbatus)
  • Oceanic whitetip shark (C. longimanus)
  • Hardnose shark (C. macloti)
  • Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus)
  • Dusky shark (C. obscurus)
  • Caribbean reef shark (C. perezi)
  • Sandbar shark (C. plumbeus)
  • Smalltail shark (C. porosus)
  • Blackspot shark (C. sealei)
  • Night shark (C. signatus)
  • Spot-tail shark (C. sorrah)
  • Australian blacktip shark (C. tilstoni)
  • C. tjutjot
Galeocerdo
  • Tiger shark (G. cuvier)
Glyphis
  • Borneo river shark (G. fowlerae)
  • Ganges shark (G. gangeticus)
  • Northern river shark (G. garricki)
  • Speartooth shark (G. glyphis)
  • Irrawaddy river shark (G. siamensis)
Isogomphodon
  • Daggernose shark (I. oxyrhynchus)
Lamiopsis
  • Broadfin shark (L. temminckii)
  • Borneo broadfin shark (L. tephrodes)
Loxodon
  • Sliteye shark (L. macrorhinus)
Nasolamia
  • Whitenose shark (N. velox)
Negaprion
  • Sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens)
  • Lemon shark (N. brevirostris)
Prionace
  • Blue shark (P. glauca)
Rhizoprionodon
  • Milk shark (R. acutus)
  • Brazilian sharpnose shark (R. lalandii)
  • Pacific sharpnose shark (R. longurio)
  • Grey sharpnose shark (R. oligolinx)
  • Caribbean sharpnose shark (R. porosus)
  • Australian sharpnose shark (R. taylori)
  • Atlantic sharpnose shark (R. terraenovae)
Scoliodon
  • Spadenose shark (S. laticaudus)
  • Pacific spadenose shark (S. macrorhynchos)
Triaenodon
  • Whitetip reef shark (T. obesus)
Taxon identifiers
Loxodon macrorhinus