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Rhizoprionodon oligolinx Springer, 1964 
AphiaID: 217359

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Carcharhinidae (Family) > Rhizoprionodon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929
Synonymised
taxa		  Rizoprionodon oligolinx Springer, 1964 (misspelling)
 Scoliodon palasorra (Bleeker, 1853) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English grey sharpnose shark  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Seychelles [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found on the continental and insular shelves. Common inshore and offshore. Viviparous, with 3 to 5 young per litter. Size at birth between 21 and 26 cm. Probably dried salted for human consumption. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217359
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-06-25 13:20:55Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Rhizoprionodon oligolinx Springer, 1964. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217359 on 2013-05-22
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