Sliteye shark

Sliteye shark
File:Loxodon macrorhinus csiro-nfc.jpg
Conservation status
Near Threatened Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Loxodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838
Species:	L. macrorhinus
Binomial name
*Loxodon macrorhinus* J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839
File:Loxodon macrohinus distmap.png
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 metres (23 to 328 ft).^[2] It can reach a length of about 95 centimetres (37 in).

File:Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen (Plate 25) BHL6353160.jpg

Illustration accompanying first description of Loxodon macrohinus.

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v t e Extant requiem shark species
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Subclass Elasmobranchii Subdivision Selachii Order Carcharhiniformes
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) Daggernose shark (C. oxyrhynchus) 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) Indonesian whaler shark (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)
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)

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