Triakis

Short description: Genus of sharks

Triakis

Temporal range: Paleocene–present[1]

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Leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Chondrichthyes
Subclass:  | Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:  | Selachimorpha
Order:  | Carcharhiniformes
Family:  | Triakidae
Genus:  | Triakis
J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838
Type species
Triakis scyllium

J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839

Triakis is a genus of houndsharks in the family Triakidae.[2] The name comes from the Greek word τρι, tri meaning "three", and the Latin word acis meaning "sharp" or "pointed", in reference to the three-pointed teeth of these sharks.

## Species

Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution

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| T. acutipinna Kato, 1968 | sharpfin houndshark | coastal waters of Ecuador
| T. maculata Kner & Steindachner, 1867 | spotted houndshark | eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America
| T. megalopterus A. Smith, 1839 | sharptooth houndshark | shallow inshore waters from southern Angola to South Africa.
| T. scyllium J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 | banded houndshark | northwestern Pacific Ocean from the southern Russian Far East to Taiwan
| T. semifasciata Girard, 1855 | leopard shark | Pacific coast of North America, from the U.S. state of Oregon to Mazatlán in Mexico

## See also

* List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

## References

1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Triakis in FishBase. February 2011 version.

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