Image: Head of the Largetooth Cookiecutter shark
Description
Head of the Largetooth Cookiecutter shark showing the row of huge teeth in the lower jaw. Note the suctorial lips and the tiny teeth in the upper jaw. The fish is registered in the Australian Museum Fish Collection (AMS I.28924-001).
- Photographer:
- Carl Bento
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Largetooth Cookiecutter Shark
- Scientific name:
- Isistius plutodus
- Family:
- Dalatiidae
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