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The shark species "New Spadenose Shark"

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Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
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North America South America Africa Australia Europe Asia Coming soon Coming soon
New Spadenose Shark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Ground sharks (Carcharhiniformes)
Family:
Requiem sharks (Carcharhinidae)
Genus:
Scoliodon
Names
Scientific:
Scoliodon macrorhynchos
English:
New Spadenose Shark
German:
Neuer Spatennasenhai
Vulnerability
Category: Near Threatened (NT)
Criteria: A2d
Last evaluated: 2020
Trend: Decreasing




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