Triakis

Taxobox
name = "Triakis"
fossil_range = Paleocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-09 ]


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Leopard shark, "Triakis semifasciata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Triakidae
genus = "Triakis"
genus_authority = Müller & Henle, 1838
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Triakis" is a genus of houndshark in the family Triakidae.

The name comes from the Greek, triakis = three times.

Species

* Sharpfin houndshark, "Triakis acutipinna" Kato, 1968
* Spotted houndshark, "Triakis maculata" Kner & Steindachner, 1867
* Sharptooth houndshark, "Triakis megalopterus" (Smith, 1839)
* Banded houndshark, "Triakis scyllium" Müller & Henle, 1839
* Leopard shark, "Triakis semifasciata" Girard, 1855

References

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