Loxodon macrorhinus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes
Familia: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Loxodon
Species: Loxodon macrorhinus

Vernacular Name
English: Sliteye Shark

Name

Loxodon macrorhinus (Müller & Henle, 1839)

Synonyms

Scoliodon dumerili Bleeker, 1856
Carcharias dumerilii Bleeker, 1856
Scoliodon jordani Ogilby, 1908
Scoliodon affinis Ogilby, 1912
Scoliodon ceylonensis Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946

Range

Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Indonesia, Japan to Australia.

References

* Müller, J. and Henle, F. G. J. 1838-41. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin. Plagiostomen i-xxii + 1-200

The sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus) the only member of the genus Loxodon, is a shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 34° N and 30° S, from depths of 7 to 100 m. Its length is up to about 95 cm.
References

* Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Loxodon macrorhinus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.