Image: Tooth from a Sandtiger Shark
Description
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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Head of a Sandtiger Shark View full size
Ian Merrington
© Ian Merrington, DPI Fisheries
Sandtiger Shark caught off southern NSW View full size
Ian Merrington
© Ian Merrington @ DPI Fisheries
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