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title: "Pacific Sharpnose Shark"
description: "Rhizoprionodon longurio — Ryby. The Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) often migrates along the Pacific coast of Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pacific-sharpnose-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacific Sharpnose Shark

> Rhizoprionodon longurio — Ryby. The Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) often migrates along the Pacific coast of Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Rhizoprionodon longurio*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 46
- Wikidata: [Q2065578](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2065578)
- iNaturalist taxon: [111748](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111748)

## Names

- en: Pacific Sharpnose Shark
- de: Pazifischer Scharfnasenhai
- es: Cazón bironche
- nl: Pacifische scherpsnuithaai

## Countries with the most observations

MX (34), PA (4), EC (3)

## Summary

The Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) often migrates along the Pacific coast of Mexico. They are most commonly caught in the artisanal fishery of Mazatlán. When a large sample of Pacific sharpnose sharks were observed scientists concluded that this type of shark was a "viviparous shark of small size which is born at an average length of 31 cm." Their gestation period is between ten and eleven months. 
There was found to be no statistical relationship between the number of embryos to the average length as a result of scientific research. Specialists David Corro, Leonardo Castillo Geniz and J. Fernando…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_sharpnose_shark

## Photo

![Pacific Sharpnose Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-sharpnose-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227009916

## Machine access

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