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Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871)

Snaggletooth shark
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from a fish market in Manila, USNM-197387 (Ref. 244, 47737) and by the WWF Elasmobranch project from Cebu, JPAG 132, immature male, 1145mm (Ref. 47736, 47737). Also Ref. 244, 6871, 13567.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Alava, M.N.R., J.P.A. Gaudiano, J.A. Utzurrum, E.E.C. Capuli, M.T.R. Aquino, M.M.A. Luchavez-Maypa and M.D. Santos, 2014
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Common names from other countries

Elliot's grey shark, Fossil shark, 钝吻鲨, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Hemigaleidae (Weasel sharks)
Etymology: Hemipristis: hemi-, from hemisys (Gr.), half; pristis, from pristes (Gr.), sawyer (but here meaning saw), allusion not explained, possibly referring to how marginal serrations of teeth of H. serra (type species, a fossil) do not extend over the entire length of each tooth. (See ETYFish);  elongata: Latin for prolonged, referring to its long and slim body. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Klunzinger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

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