Species Rhizoprionodon oligolinx Springer, 1964
Grey Sharpnose Shark
- Rhizoprionodon oligolinx 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 [621, figs 12-13, pl. 2C].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 196779 ♂, Gulf of Thailand.
Paratype(s) ANSP 4 lots; BMNH 10 lots; CAS 4 lots; FMNH 3 lots; ZMB; ISH 5/61; IRSNB 7533; MCZ 3 lots; MNHP 3 lots; NMV; RMNH 4713; CAS(SU) 3 lots; UMMZ 177113; USNM 175349; ZMUC 3 lots; ZMH H1377; ZMH 10377.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Near Darwin to Gulf of Carpentaria; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, inshore, marine, pelagic.
General References
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. [1355]
Common Name 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. [529] (Grey Sharpnose Shark)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Grey Sharpnose Shark)
History of changes
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16-Aug-2012 | 16-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |