Whitenose shark
Encyclopedia
The whitenose shark is a shark
of the family
Carcharhinidae. The only member of the genus
Nasolamia, it is found in the tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean
between latitudes 31° N
and 18° S
, from depths of 15 to 200 m. Its length is up to about 1.5 m.
It is viviparous, with 5 young in a litter, the size at birth being about 53 cm.
Shark
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Carcharhinidae. The only member of the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Nasolamia, it is found in the tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
between latitudes 31° N
31st parallel north
The 31st parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 31 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.Part of the border between Iran and Iraq is defined by the parallel....
and 18° S
18th parallel south
The 18th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 18 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America....
, from depths of 15 to 200 m. Its length is up to about 1.5 m.
It is viviparous, with 5 young in a litter, the size at birth being about 53 cm.