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Broadfin Sharks
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Broadfin Sharks

Lamiopsis

Lamiopsis is a genus of shark in the family Carcharhinidae found in Indian and Pacific Ocean. This genus was previously considered to be monotypic. However, a recent taxonomic study revealed that the western central Pacific populations were a separate species.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Broadfin Shark

speciesLamiopsis temminckii

Borneo Broadfin Shark

speciesLamiopsis tephrodes

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89321.