Australian Sharpnose Shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby 1915)
Other Names: Taylors Shark
An Australian Sharpnose Shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori. Source: CSIRO National Fish Collection. License: CC BY Attribution
Summary:
A small, slender whaler shark with a long narrowly-rounded snout, short labial furrows confined to the corners of the mouth, and 7-11 pores on either side of the mouth.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Rhizoprionodon taylori in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1966
Australian Sharpnose Shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby 1915)
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Distribution |
Carnarvon, Western Australia, to Moreton Bay, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in southern Papua New Guinea. An inshore species found in soft bottom habitats. |
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Features |
Precaudal vertebrae 73-81. Snout long with a narrowly-rounded tip, small labial furrows confined to the corners of the mouth, and 7-11 pores on either side of the mouth; eye relatively large; interdorsal ridge occasionally present; origin of second dorsal fin behind origin of anal fin. Jaw teeth deeply notched, oblique and narrowly triangular with smooth edges. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on bony fishes, crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs. |
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Fisheries |
Small numbers are taken as bycatch in inshore fisheries. |
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Species Citation |
Physodon taylori Ogilby 1915, Mem. Qld Mus. 3: 117. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
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Resources |
Australian Sharpnose Shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby 1915)
References
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Ogilby, J.D. 1915. On some new or little-known Australian fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3: 117-129 figs 29-30
Simpfendorfer, C.A. 1992. Reproductive strategy of the Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhinidae), from Cleveland Bay, North Queensland. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43(1): 67-76.
Simpfendorfer, C.A. 1993. Age and growth of the Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori, from north Queensland, Australia. Environmental Biology of Fishes 36: 233-241.
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Simpfendorfer, C.A. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003). 2003. Rhizoprionodon taylori. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T41852A10580308. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T41852A10580308.en. Downloaded on 06 August 2017.
Springer, V.G. 1964. A revision of the carcharhinid genera Scoliodon, Loxodon and Rhizoprionodon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 115(3493): 559-632 figs 1-14 pls 1-2
Stevens, J.D. 1999. Management of shark fisheries in northern Australia, pp. 456-479. In: Shotton, R. (ed.) Case studies of the management of elasmobranch fisheries. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 378, Part I. FAO, Rome.
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. (as Protozygaena taylori)
Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological descriptions and notes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 68(3, 4): 114-144 figs 1-12 (as Protozygaena longmani)
