| Australian sharpnose shark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Chondrichthyes | 
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes | 
| Family: | Carcharhinidae | 
| Genus: | Rhizoprionodon | 
| Species: | R. taylori | 
| Binomial name | |
| Rhizoprionodon taylori (J. D. Ogilby, 1915) | |
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The Australian sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon taylori) is a requiem shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea and northern Australia, between latitudes 8°N and 28°S, from the surface to a depth of 110 m. It can grow up to a length around 70 cm.