Pacific Sharpnose Shark
Rhizoprionodon longurio
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Sharks and rays
The Pacific sharpnose shark often migrates along the Pacific coast of Mexico. They are most commonly caught in the artisanal fishery of Mazatlán. When a large sample of Pacific sharpnose sharks were observed scientists concluded that this type of shark was a "viviparous shark of small size which is born at an average length of 31 cm." Their gestation period is between ten and eleven months.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Genus
- Rhizoprionodon