Genus Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929

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• Rhizoprionodon Whitley, G.P. 1929. Additions to the checklist of the fishes of New South Wales No. 2. The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 353-357 [354] [nom. nov. for Rhizoprion Ogilby, 1915].
• Rhizoprion Ogilby, J.D. 1915. Ichthyological notes. No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3: 130-136 [132] [non Rhizoprion Jourdan, 1861].

  Type species:

   Carcharias crenidens Klunzinger, 1880 by original designation (= Carcharias acutus Rüppell, 1837).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic, Indo-west Pacific, east Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(2) 251-655 pp.

Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Family Carcharhinidae. pp. 1312-1360 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 687-1396 pp.

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls.

Springer, V.G. 1964. A revision of the carcharhinid genera Scoliodon, Loxodon and Rhizoprionodon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 115(3493): 559-632 figs 1-14 pls 1-2

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Aug-2012		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)