Milk Shark
By:Macy Hurley
Milk Shark
Scientific Name:
Rhizoprionodon actus
Family Name:
Carcharhinidae
Order:
Carcharhiniformes
Physical Appearance
- Greyish Brown on top and a white on it's stomach
- Large eyes
- pointed snout
- Small (5 to 6 feet)
- narrow triangular smooth edged teeth
Lifespan and Size
Size:
152.4 to 167.64 cm
Lays eggs or gives birth?
Gives birth
Lifespan:
8 years
Feeding habits
- The Milk shark uses electroreception
- eats Benthic and Pelagic fish as well as invertebrates
Habitat
- Lives in the Eastern Atlantic
- Madeira and Mauritania South of Angola
- is a Tropical species
Random
- Inshore species
- most common taken shark off Northern Australia
Citations
- "Species Profiles." :: Florida Museum of Natural History. Dickinson Hall, n.d. Web. 16 May 2016.
- "Milk Shark." - Information & Pictures of S. 'C26 Web Marketing', n.d. Web. 16 May
- "Milk Shark." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Aug. 2015. Web. 17 May