Sliteye shark

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Sliteye shark

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Loxodon
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838
Species:
L. macrorhinus
Binomial name
Loxodon macrorhinus
Range of the sliteye shark

The sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus) is a

tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific between latitudes 34° N and 30° S, from depths of 7 to 100 m.[2]
It can reach a length of about 95 cm.

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