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Rhizoprionodon taylori (Taylors shark; Sharp-nosed shark; Australian sharpnose shark)

Synonyms: Physodon taylori; Protozygaena taylori
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Australian sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon taylori) is a requiem shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea and northern Australia, between latitudes 8°N and 28°S, from the surface to a depth of 110 m. It can grow up to a length around 70 cm.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhizoprionodon taylori

Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  1 year
Litter Size [1]  5
Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Otobothrium carcharidis[2]
Perissopus dentatus[2]
Pseudopandarus australis[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0