Lamiopsis

Lamiopsis is a genus of shark in the family Carcharhinidae found in Indian and Pacific Ocean. This genus was previously considered to be monotypic. However, a recent taxonomic study revealed that the western central Pacific populations were a separate species.^[1]

Lamiopsis
Broadfin shark, (Lamiopsis temminckii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Lamiopsis T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Carcharias (Prionodon) temminckii Müller & Henle, 1839

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

• Lamiopsis temminckii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Broadfin shark) ^[1]
• Lamiopsis tephrodes (Fowler, 1905) (Borneo broadfin shark) ^[2]