Triakis

Triakis is a genus of houndsharks in the family Triakidae. The name comes from the Ancient Greek word () meaning , and the Latin word meaning or , in reference to their three-pointed teeth.

==Species== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | ||T. acutipinna Kato, 1968 ||sharpfin houndshark || coastal waters of Ecuador |- | ||T. maculata Kner & Steindachner, 1867||spotted houndshark || eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America |- | 120px|| T. megalopterus A. Smith, 1839||sharptooth houndshark || shallow inshore waters from southern Angola to South Africa. |- | 120px||T. scyllium J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 ||banded houndshark || northwestern Pacific Ocean from the southern Russian Far East to Taiwan |- | 120px||T. semifasciata Girard, 1855 ||leopard shark || Pacific coast of North America, from the U.S. state of Oregon to Mazatlán in Mexico |- |}