Snaggletooth shark

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The snaggletooth shark, Hemipristis elongatus, is a species of weasel shark, family Hemigaleidae, and the only extant member of the genus Hemipristis. More

snaggletooth shark, and comparison between those shark teeth and fossil snaggletooth shark teeth from the Oligocen of Aino-shima, the Ashiya Group and the Miocene of Kyonan, the Senhata Formation. Fig.1. 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

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Museum Grade SnaggleTooth Shark Tooth - Megalodon EraEnlarge Buy It Now or Best Offer $179. More

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

On 5 November a female snaggletooth shark Hemipristis elongatus was caught at Winklespruit beach. It weighed 25 kg and measured 1260 mm. This snaggletooth was only the fourth to be caught in the nets in the past two decades. The last one was caught in September 2003. 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

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 : Chaenogaleus macrostoma
Authority : Klunzinger, 1871