Hardnose shark

Taxobox
name = Hardnose shark


status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Carcharhinidae
genus = "Carcharhinus"
species = "C. macloti"
binomial = "Carcharhinus macloti"
binomial_authority = (Müller & Henle, 1839)
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range_map_caption = Range of hardnose shark

The hardnose shark, "Carcharhinus macloti", is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 26° N and 11° S, from the surface to 170 m. Its length is up to about 1.1 m.

The hardnose shark is a small slender shark with a long narrowly rounded or somewhat pointed snout, no interdorsal ridge, small pectoral fins, a small first dorsal fin with an extremely long rear tip and a small low second dorsal fin with a long rear tip.

Coloration is greyish or grey-brown on the back, belly white, the posterior margin of pectorals and ventral caudal fin lobe with an inconspicuous white edge. The posterioventral and dorsal margins of caudal fin have a narrow black edge. It is found in inshore and offshore waters of continental and insular shelves. It feeds mainly on fishes, also cephalopods and crustaceans. It is viviparous.

Of limited interest to fisheries due to its small size, it is utilized fresh and probably dried salted for human consumption.

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