| Hardnose shark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Carcharhinus |
| Species: | C. macloti
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| Binomial name | |
| Carcharhinus macloti (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839)
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| Range of the hardnose shark[2] | |
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Carcharias macloti Müller & Henle, 1839 | |
The hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, so named because of the heavily calcified cartilages in its snout. A small bronze-coloured shark reaching a length of 1.1 m (3.6 ft), it has a slender body and a long, pointed snout. Its two modestly sized dorsal fins have distinctively elongated rear tips. The hardnose shark is widely distributed in the western Indo-Pacific, from Kenya to southern China and northern Australia. It inhabits warm, shallow waters close to shore.
Common and gregarious, the hardnose shark is a predator of bony fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans. This species is viviparous, with the growing embryos sustained to term via a placental connection to their mother. Females have a biennial reproductive cycle and bear litters of one or two pups after a twelve-month gestation period. The hardnose shark is fished for meat throughout its range and, given its low reproductive rate, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed it as Near Threatened.
- ^ Rigby, C.L.; Bin Ali, A.; Bineesh, K.K.; Derrick, D.; Fahmi, Fernando, D.; Haque, A.B. (2021). "Carcharhinus macloti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T41737A173434501. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T41737A173434501.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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