Oxynotus

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Oxynotus Fossil range: Early Miocene to Present[1]
Prickly dogfish Oxynotus bruniensis Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Dalatiidae Genus: Oxynotus Rafinesque , 1810
Species
See text.

Oxynotus is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Dalatiidae.

[edit] Species

• • Prickly dogfish, Oxynotus bruniensis (Ogilby, 1893)
  • Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus (Cervigón, 1961)
  • Angular roughshark, Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Japanese roughshark, Oxynotus japonicus (Yano & Murofushi, 1985)
  • Sailfin roughshark, Oxynotus paradoxus (Frade, 1929)

[edit] References

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. 

• "Oxynotus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.