Prionodon antiquus Agassiz 1856 (blue shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

Alternative combination: Carcharias (Prionodon) antiquus

Belongs to Prionodon according to D. S. Jordan 1907

See also Hay 1902 and Jordan and Hanibal 1923

Sister taxa: Prionodon egertoni, Carcharias (Prionodon) incidens, Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus, Prionodon tschoppi, Prionodon carolinensis, Carcharias (Prionodon) javanus, Prionodon vonderschmitti

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Prionodon antiquus in the database

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