Hooktooth shark
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| Genus: | Chaenogaleus T. N. Gill, 1862
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| Species: | C. macrostoma
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| Chaenogaleus macrostoma (Bleeker, 1852)
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The hooktooth shark, Chaenogaleus macrostoma, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, the only member of the genus Chaenogaleus. It is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans between latitudes 30° N and 10° S, including the Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, 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.
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
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- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Chaenogaleus macrostoma" in FishBase. may 2006 version.