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Carcharhinus leiodon
GARRICK, 1985
Smooth tooth blacktip shark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae
Reference of the original description
Additions to a Revision of the Shark Genus Carcharhinus: Synonymy of Aprionodon and Hypoprion, and Description of a New Species of Carcharhinus (Carcharhinidae). NOAA Technical Report NMFS, 34: 1-26
Additions to a Revision of the Shark Genus Carcharhinus: Synonymy of Aprionodon and Hypoprion, and Description of a New Species of Carcharhinus (Carcharhinidae). NOAA Technical Report NMFS, 34: 1-26
Image of the original description
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Description:
Citation: Carcharhinus leiodon GARRICK, 1985: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 05/2013
Common names
Smooth tooth blacktip shark, Smoothtooth blacktip
Smooth tooth blacktip shark, Smoothtooth blacktip
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: known only from southern Arabia, Gulf of Aden (probably at Qishn in Yemen).
Western Indian Ocean: known only from southern Arabia, Gulf of Aden (probably at Qishn in Yemen).
Human uses
fisheries: of no interest
fisheries: of no interest
Habitat
demersal; marine
demersal; marine
