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Rhizoprionodon acutus  (Rüppell, 1837)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160211

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Carcharias aaronis Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1899
  
    Carcharias acutus Rüppell, 1837
  
    Carcharias albomarginatus Ehrenberg in Klunzinger, 1871
  
    Carcharias crenidens Klunzinger, 1880
  
    Carcharias eumeces Pietschmann, 1913
  
    Carcharias sorrahkowa Bleeker, 1853
  
    Carcharias walbeehmi Bleeker, 1856
  
    Scoliodon longmani Ogilby, 1912
  
    Scoliodon sorrahkowah (Bleeker, 1853)
  
    Scoliodon vagatus Garman, 1913
  
    Scoliodon walbeehmi (Bleeker, 1856)
  
  Common Name(s): milk shark [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassChondrichthyes  -- cartilaginous fishes, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, poissons cartilagineux, raies, rays, requins, sharks, tubarăo  
             SubclassElasmobranchii  -- cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                SuperorderEuselachii   
                   OrderCarcharhiniformes  -- ground sharks  
                      FamilyCarcharhinidae Jordan and Evermann, 1896 -- mangeurs d'hommes, requiem sharks, tiburones gambuso  
                         GenusRhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 -- sharpnose sharks  
                            SpeciesRhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) -- milk shark  
       

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  Source: F. A. O., database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Rhizoprionodon acutus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Rhizoprionodon acutus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V.  
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 2   
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  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
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  Reference for: Rhizoprionodon acutus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhizoprionodon acutus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
    Indo-West Pacific  
       
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