Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey 1861)

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 20

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3803.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5227563
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scientific name	Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey 1861)
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Treatment

* Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey 1861) — Caribbean Sharpnose Shark

Justification: Although Clavijo et al. (1980) did not list this species, it undoubtedly occurs in St. Croix. Randall (1968, fig. 4) documented it from St. John.

Distribution: Compagno (1984b) WA (BA, GA, VI, LA, WC, nSA, sSA).

Remarks: Campagno (1984b) stated that R. porosus is found close inshore on insular shelves of the Caribbean and is one of the commonest inshore sharks.

SPHYRNIDAE —hammerhead sharks (2 species)