Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Carcharhiniformes > Carcharhinidae > Loxodon > Loxodon macrorhinus

Loxodon macrorhinus (Slit-eye shark; Sliteye shark; Slender dogshark; Jordan's blue dogshark; Jordans blue dogshark)

Synonyms: Carcharias dumerilii; Scoliodon affinis; Scoliodon ceylonensis; Scoliodon dumerili; Scoliodon jordani
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Wikipedia Abstract

The sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus. 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 m. It can reach a length of about 95 cm.
View Wikipedia Record: Loxodon macrorhinus

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Parasitized by 
Ancipirhynchus afossalis[1]

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♦ 1Pollerspöck, 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