Description Head narrow and pointed, with 7 pairs of gill slits; eyes very large; mouth very narrow and parabolic; large lower comlike...
Description Head narrow and pointed, with 7 pairs of gill slits; eyes very large; mouth very narrow and parabolic; large lower comlike teeth long and low, with a fiew short mesial cusplets, an abruptly high cusp, and up to 7 or 8 distal cusplets in adults. Caudal peduncle long, dustance from dorsal fin insertion to upper caudal origin over twice length of dorsal fin base. Clour: spots absent from body, dorsal fin and upper caudal lobe with black tips, faded or absent in adults but prominent in young <151>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Heptranchias Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105738 on 2024-08-14
context source (PeRMS)Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p.[details]
basis of recordvan der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceNeave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online athttps://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about[details]
additional sourceCompagno, L.J.V. (1984). FAO Species Catalogue No. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. (125) Vol 4, Part 1. 246 pp. FAO, Rome.[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Head narrow and pointed, with 7 pairs of gill slits; eyes very large; mouth very narrow and parabolic; large lower comlike teeth long and low, with a fiew short mesial cusplets, an abruptly high cusp, and up to 7 or 8 distal cusplets in adults. Caudal peduncle long, dustance from dorsal fin insertion to upper caudal origin over twice length of dorsal fin base. Clour: spots absent from body, dorsal fin and upper caudal lobe with black tips, faded or absent in adults but prominent in young <151>. [details]