Image: Tooth from a Sandtiger Shark

Tooth from a Sandtiger Shark

Tooth from the upper jaw of a Sandtiger Shark caught at a depth between 100 m and 120 m, south of Cape Everard, Victoria, March 2004.

Photographer:
Mark McGrouther
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
Sandtiger Shark
Scientific name:
Odontaspis ferox
Family:
Odontaspididae
Order:
Lamniformes

Additional information

Note the long central cusp and two lateral cusplets. The head of this fish is registered in the Australian Museum Fish Collection (AMS I.43369-001).

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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Sandtiger Shark, Odontaspis ferox, Odontaspididae,