Scoliodon

Translingual

Scoliodon laticaudus

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“oblique”) + [Term?] (“tooth”)

Proper noun

Scoliodon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharhinidae – spadenose sharks of the tropical Indo-Pacific.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - superclass; Elasmobranchii - class; Selachimorpha - superorder; Carcharhiniformes - order; Carcharhinidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Scoliodon laticaudus (spadenose shark) - type species; Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Pacific spadenose shark) - other accepted extant species

References

• Scoliodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scoliodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scoliodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons