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Loxodon macrorhinus Müller & Henle, 1839

Sliteye shark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Loxodon macrorhinus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Australia country information

Common names: Jordans blue dogshark, Slender dogshark, Sliteye shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in northern Australia, from the North West Cape in Western Australia to Moreton Bay in Queensland (Ref. 6871). Caught by Taiwanese and Thai trawlers fishing off northern Australia (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 244, 7300, 9997, 33390.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Loxodon: loxos (Gr.), slanting; odon (Gr.), tooth, probably referring to oblique teeth cusps [name first published with no included species; species added by Müller & Henle in 1839]. (See ETYFish);  macrorhinus: macro-, from makros (Gr.), long; rhinos (Gr.), nose, probably referring to its long, narrow snout. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Müller & Henle.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 7 - 100 m (Ref. 6871).   Tropical; 34°N - 30°S

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