WoRMS name details
Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871)
220024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220024)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [details]
Description A coastal species, found inshore and offshore on the continental and insular shelves. Feeds on anchovies, sea catfish,...
Description A coastal species, found inshore and offshore on the continental and insular shelves. Feeds on anchovies, sea catfish, mackerel, croakers, sharks (@Carcharhinus@), and rays (@Gymnura@). Viviparous (with a yolk-sac placenta), with 6 to 8 young in a litter. Potentially dangerous (Ref. 5213). Utilized fresh for human consumption, liver processed for vitamins, fins used in the oriental sharkfin trade, and by-products processed into fishmeal. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220024 on 2025-11-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A coastal species, found inshore and offshore on the continental and insular shelves. Feeds on anchovies, sea catfish, mackerel, croakers, sharks (@Carcharhinus@), and rays (@Gymnura@). Viviparous (with a yolk-sac placenta), with 6 to 8 young in a litter. Potentially dangerous (Ref. 5213). Utilized fresh for human consumption, liver processed for vitamins, fins used in the oriental sharkfin trade, and by-products processed into fishmeal. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | snaggletooth shark | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To FishBase
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemipristis elongatus RAD100919-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemipristis elongatus RAD100919-002)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemipristis elongatus RAD100919-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemipristis elongatus RAD100919-002)
To ITIS
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