Snaggletooth shark

Coloration is light grey or bronzy with no prominent markings.

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The Snaggletooth shark lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 1 - 130 m environment.

The snaggletooth shark, Hemipristis elongatus, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, the only member of the genus Hemipristis, found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans including the Red Sea, from southeast Africa to the Philippines, north to China, and south to More

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Large Snaggletooth Shark Jaw Hemipristis Large Snaggletooth Shark Jaw Hemipristis Large size for this species. Fantastic teeth. The lower teeth are very fragile and are usually broken. I only see 1 broken tooth on the entire jaw!... More

Snaggletooth shark (Hemipristis elongatus) * No detailed species description yet. More

1843) was a Miocene Epoch snaggletooth shark that lived about 24 million to 5 million years ago; it is known only from fossilized teeth. Classification: Order Carcharhiniformes, Family Hemigaleidae (weasel sharks), Genus Hemipristis (snaggletooth sharks), many species. More

The snaggletooth shark, Hemipristis elongatus, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, the only member of the genus Hemipristis, found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans ... More

Fossil Snaggletooth Shark Tooth Fossil Shark Teeth Hemipristis serra 1 5/8 inches United States,North Carolina,Aurora $10. More

Snaggletooth shark - Hemipristis serra Nearly all teeth from the Snaggletooth shark have coarse serrations (like a saw) on both edges, except for the very point (apex) More

Common names

Adugupal sorrah in Tamil (தமிழ்)
Adugupal-sorrah in Tamil (தமிழ்)
Cá Nhám thân dài in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Chalarm Noo in Thai (ไทย)
Comadreja sobrediente in Spanish (español)
Datri in Marathi (मराठी)
Elliot's grey shark in English
Fossil shark in English
Hemipristis in French (français)
Hiu monas in Bahasa Indonesia
Lostandhaai in Afrikaans
Milandre chicor in French (français)
Pal sorrah in Telugu (తెలుగు)
Pal-sorrah in Telugu (తెలుగు)
Papa in Hawaiian
Papa in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Peducan in Tamil (தமிழ்)
Pingal in Marathi (मराठी)
Puducan in Tamil (தமிழ்)
Skævtandet haj in Danish (dansk)
Snaggletooth in English
Snaggletooth shark in English
Tubarão doninha in Portuguese (Português)
Wezelhaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Yu puteh in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
அடுக்குப்பல் சுரா in Tamil (தமிழ்)
புதுக்கண் in Tamil (தமிழ்)
பெதுக்கன் in Tamil (தமிழ்)
尖鰭副沙條鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
尖鳍副沙条鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
鈍吻鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
钝吻鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
長體恐根齒鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
长体恐根齿鲨 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Carcharhiniformes
Family : Hemigaleidae
Genus : Hemipristis
Species : Hemipristis elongata
Authority : Klunzinger, 1871