Scoliodon

Translingual

Scoliodon laticaudus

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“oblique”) + [Term?] (“tooth”)

Proper noun

Scoliodon m

A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharhinidae – spadenose sharks of the tropical Indo-Pacific.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - superclass; Elasmobranchii - class; Selachimorpha - superorder; Carcharhiniformes - order; Carcharhinidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Scoliodon laticaudus (spadenose shark) - type species; Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Pacific spadenose shark) - other accepted extant species

References

Scoliodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scoliodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scoliodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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