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Spadenose Sharks
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Spadenose Sharks

Scoliodon

Scoliodon is a genus of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae. It was formerly thought to include only a single Indo-Pacific species, the spadenose shark (S. laticaudus), but recent taxonomic research has found two species, and the formerly excluded junior synonyms need to be resurrected.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Spadenose Shark

speciesScoliodon laticaudus

Pacific Spadenose Shark

speciesScoliodon macrorhynchos

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