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Rhizoprionodon porosus (Snook shark; Sharpnose shark; Caribbean sharpnose shark; Atlantic sharpnose shark)

Synonyms: Rhizopriodon porosus; Squalus porosus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Caribbean sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon porosus, is a requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean, between latitudes 28° N and 40° S, from the surface to a depth of 500 m. It can reach a length of about 1.1 m.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhizoprionodon porosus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Buenavista Wetland Reserve 778949 Cuba    
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve   Honduras      

Prey / Diet

Predators

Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)[1]

Distribution

Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Western Central; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Brazil; Caribbean Sea; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Brazil Shelf; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guyana; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; North Brazil Shelf; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Western Central; Panama; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; South Brazil Shelf; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Is.; US Virgin Islands; Uruguay; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Virgin Islands (UK); Western Atlantic: Caribbean, including the Bahamas, south to Uruguay. The separation of this species from <i>Rhizoprionodon terraenovae</i> whether as a distinct species or a representative of a southern subspecies is still uncertain and pending until d; Western Atlantic: Caribbean, including the Bahamas, south to Uruguay. The separation of this species from <i>Rhizoprionodon terraenovae</i> whether as a distinct species or a representative of a southern subspecies is still uncertain and pending until detailed studies are commenced.;

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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