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Rhizoprionodon acutus (milk shark)
Taxonomy
Carcharias acutus was named by Rüppell (1837). It is extant.
It was recombined as Carcharias (Prionodon) acutus by Chapman and Pritchard (1904); it was recombined as Rhizoprionodon acutus by Cappetta and Cavallo (2006), Lin et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Carcharias (Prionodon) acutus by Chapman and Pritchard (1904); it was recombined as Rhizoprionodon acutus by Cappetta and Cavallo (2006), Lin et al. (2022).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Carcharias acutus Rüppell p. 242 |
| 1843 | Carcharias acutus Agassiz figs. Pl 36, figs 8,9 |
| 1853 | Carcharias sorrakowa Bleeker |
| 1854 | Carcharias sorrakowa Bleeker |
| 1904 | Carcharias (Prionodon) acutus Chapman and Pritchard p. 274 |
| 2006 | Rhizoprionodon acutus Cappetta and Cavallo p. 46 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,4 |
| 2011 | Scoliodon sorrakawah Ralte et al. p. 341 figs. Pl 3, fig 3 |
| 2022 | Rhizoprionodon acutus Lin et al. p. 20 fig. 16 |
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Rhizoprionodon acutus Agassiz 1843 [milk shark]
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Invalid names: Carcharias sorrakowa Bleeker 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available