---
title: "Milk Shark"
description: "Rhizoprionodon acutus — Peces. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/milk-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Milk Shark

> Rhizoprionodon acutus — Peces. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Rhizoprionodon acutus*
- Category: `fish` (Peces)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 303
- Wikidata: [Q1587255](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1587255)
- iNaturalist taxon: [111746](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111746)

## Names

- en: Milk Shark
- de: Milchhai
- fr: Requin à museau pointu
- nl: Melkhaai

## Countries with the most observations

CM (171), AU (42), QA (13), IN (12), MY (5), MR (4), CV (3), LK (3), OM (3), ZA (3)

## Photo

![Milk Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/milk-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rüppell, Eduard · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neue_Wirbelthiere_zu_der_Fauna_von_Abyssinien_geh%C3%B6rig_(Taf._18_Fig.1-4)_BHL37140507.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/milk-shark?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).