Indian sand tiger
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Indian sand tiger | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Odontaspididae |
| Genus: | Carcharias |
| Species: | C. tricuspidatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Carcharias tricuspidatus F. Day, 1878 | |
The Indian sand tiger, Carcharias tricuspidatus, is a sand tiger of the shark family Odontaspididae, found in the Indian and western Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 3.5 m. It has a compressed cylindrical body and a slightly angled snout. It has a long mouth and small eyes. Both of the dorsal fins are about the same size. Its diet consists of fish and small sharks.
Further work may show that the Indian sand tiger belongs to the species Carcharias taurus.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous, the embryos feeding on their yolk sac, and other ova produced by the mother.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Carcharias tricuspidatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
External links
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.