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Chaenogaleus macrostoma (Bleeker, 1852)

Hooktooth shark
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Pakistan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Commonly taken by inshore and offshore artisanal fisheries (Ref. 244).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
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Common names from other countries

Milandre harpon, Comadreja ganchuda, 钩齿鲨, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Hemigaleidae (Weasel sharks)
Etymology: Chaenogaleus: chaeno-, from chaino (Gr.), gape, referring to “rictus as long as wide”; galeos, a small shark or dogfish per Aristotle (sometimes translated as weasel, hence the name Weasel Sharks, possibly referring to the pointed snouts, swift movements and/or rapacious feeding behavior of smaller predatory sharks1), but in this case probably an allusion to Hemigaleus, original genus of C. macrostoma. (See ETYFish);  macrostoma: macro-, from makros (Gr.), large or long; stoma (Gr.), mouth, referring to long, greatly arched mouth compared with Hemigaleus microstoma, its presumed congener at the time. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 59 m (Ref. 244).   Tropical; 30°N - 10°S

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