Common names: Fossil shark, Snaggletooth shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in northern Australia, from Bunbury in Western Australia (rarely south to Shark Bay) to Lizard Island in Queensland (Ref. 6871). Minor component of the northern Australian gillnet fishery (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 244, 7300, 13567.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database: