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The Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori, is a requiem shark
Requiem shark

The requiem sharks refer to all members of the Carcharhinidae family that includes a family of migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas, sometimes also found in brackish or fresh water, such as the tiger shark, blue shark, bull shark, and milk shark....
 of the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 off Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands ....
 and northern Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 between latitudes 8° N
8th parallel north

The 8th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 8 degree true north of the Earth equator.The parallel defines part of the border between Somalia and Ethiopia....
 and 28° S
28th parallel south

The 28th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 28 degree south of the Earth equator.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 28? south passes through:...
, from the surface to 110 m. Its length is up to about 70 cm.

The Australian sharpnose shark is a little-known species found on the continental shelf
Continental shelf

The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain, and was part of the continent during the glacial periods, but is undersea during Ice age such as the current epoch by relatively shallow seas and Bay....
 from close inshore to a depth of at least 110 m.






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The Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori, is a requiem shark
Requiem shark

The requiem sharks refer to all members of the Carcharhinidae family that includes a family of migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas, sometimes also found in brackish or fresh water, such as the tiger shark, blue shark, bull shark, and milk shark....
 of the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
 off Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands ....
 and northern Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 between latitudes 8° N
8th parallel north

The 8th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 8 degree true north of the Earth equator.The parallel defines part of the border between Somalia and Ethiopia....
 and 28° S
28th parallel south

The 28th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 28 degree south of the Earth equator.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 28? south passes through:...
, from the surface to 110 m. Its length is up to about 70 cm.

The Australian sharpnose shark is a little-known species found on the continental shelf
Continental shelf

The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain, and was part of the continent during the glacial periods, but is undersea during Ice age such as the current epoch by relatively shallow seas and Bay....
 from close inshore to a depth of at least 110 m. It feeds mainly on fishes, but also takes cephalopod
Cephalopod

The cephalopods are the mollusc class Cephalopoda characterized by bilateral symmetry, a prominent head, and a modification of the mollusk foot, a muscular hydrostat, into the form of cephalopod arms or tentacles....
s and crustacean
Crustacean

Crustaceans are a large group of arthropods, comprising almost 52,000 described species , and are usually treated as a subphylum . They include various familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles....
s. It is viviparous. It is too small to be of any commercial importance.

Coloration is brownish grey above, white below, and fins light-edged but not conspicuously marked.