#2057 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Atlantic Sharpnose Shark

🇳🇱 Atlantische scherpsnuithaai ·Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

LCleast concern 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © sisor · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Joshua Sands · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Gulf of Mexico, FL, US:© smw7648 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. NJ, US:© Fish_man · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Biscayne Bay, FL, US:© Lucas Garriga · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Mt Pleasant, SC, USA:© abade · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sportsplex Marina, Port Aransas, TX, US:© Jon McIntyre · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Florida, US:© Jacob Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Hilton Head Island, SC, US:© Joshua Rains · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Atlantic sharpnose shark ( Rhizoprionodon terraenovae ) is a requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae, found in the subtropical waters of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, between latitudes 43°N and 18°N.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,308iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,308 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Richardson in 1836 (190 years ago).