Rhizoprionodon Acutus Shark Jaws
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Lamnidae
Genus: Rhizoprionodon
Species: Acutus
Common Name: Milk Shark
Milk Shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)
The Milk Shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus) is a common requiem shark that is found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. It grows to be up to 6 ft (1.8 m) long, and has a long, slim body. The mouth has long, characteistic labial folds at the corners that differentiate it from other requiem sharks. It is gray above and white below. The milk shark eats small fish (like sardines, herring, and flatfish) and invertebrates (like squid, octopus, shrimp, and crabs). This shark is harmless to humans. It is called the milk shark because in India, it is believed that eating its meat will improve the milk production of a mother. Classification: Order Carcharhiniformes, Family Megachasmidae, Genus Rhizoprionodon, species acutus.
This shark is distinguished from all other Mediterranean species of the genus Cacharhinus by the position of the origin of its second dorsal fin, which begins behind the origin of the anal fin.
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4" X 2 1/2" | Milky1 | $35.00 |