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Nasolamia Velox
The whitenose shark (''Nasolamia velox'') is a species of shark of the family (biology), family Requiem shark, Carcharhinidae. The only member of the genus ''Nasolamia'', it is found in the tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean between latitudes 31st parallel north, 31° N and 18th parallel south, 18° S, between depths of 15 to 200 m. It can grow up to a length of 1.5 m. The whitenose shark is viviparous, with 5 young in a litter, and a birth size around 53 cm. Nasolamia velox jaws.jpg, Jaws Nasolamia velox upper teeth.jpg, Upper teeth Nasolamia velox lower teeth.jpg, Lower teeth References {{DEFAULTSORT:shark, whitenose Carcharhinidae, whitenose shark Viviparous fish Western Central American coastal fauna Fish of Colombia Fish of Ecuador Fish of Peru Fish described in 1898, whitenose shark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Joseph Victor Compagno
Leonard Joseph Victor Compagno is an international authority on shark taxonomy and the author of many scientific papers and books on the subject, best known of which is his 1984 catalogue of shark species produced for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Compagno was mentioned in the credits of the 1975 film '' Jaws'' along with the National Geographic Society. Career *Ph.D, Stanford University, 1979 *Adjunct professor, San Francisco State University, 1979 to 1985 *Curator of Fishes in the Division of Life Sciences and Head of the Shark Research Centre (SRC), Iziko Museums, Cape Town *Director, Shark Research Institute(SRI) Selected bibliography *Compagno, L.J.V., 1979. ''Carcharhinoid sharks: morphology, systematics and phylogeny''. Unpublished Ph. D. Thesis, Stanford University, 932 p. Available from University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Michigan. *Leonard Compagno, 1984a. FAO The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |