Hooktooth shark
| Hooktooth shark | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Chaenogaleus |
| Species: | C. macrostoma
|
| Binomial name | |
| Chaenogaleus macrostoma (Bleeker, 1852)
| |
| |
The hooktooth shark (Chaenogaleus macrostoma), is a
tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 30° N and 10° S, including the Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, and Java and Sulawesi in Indonesia
, from the surface to a depth of 59 meters. It can reach a length of 1 meter. It is considered a vulnerable species.
The Hooktooth shark prey items are small fishes,cephalopods and crustaceans
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Chaenogaleus macrostoma" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
https://www.sharkwater.com/shark-database/sharks/hooktooth-shark