Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Carcharhinidae > Genus Rhizoprionodon

Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhizoprionodon*	Whitley, 1929	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: milk shark sources: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.

English-United States: Milk Shark sources: english PESI focal point

German: Milchhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Πριονοδοντοκαρχαρίας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: ilgažiomenis ryklys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: акула вальбема; молочная акула; остроносая длиннорылая акула sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: tiburón lechoso sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: çekic başlı köpekbalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула молочна; молочна акула

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (88 nucleotides; 87 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (69 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105802