Crocodile Shark

Crocodile shark images (Pseudocarcharias kamoharai) - stock photos, illustrations & facts on this pelagic shark from tropical and sub-tropical oceans

Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Chondrichthyes > Order: Lamniformes > Family: Pseudocarchariidae > Genus: Pseudocarcharias > Species: P. kamoharai - Binomial name: Pseudocarcharias kamoharai

The crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai, is a pelagic or open-ocean shark that lives...
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Crocodile shark images (Pseudocarcharias kamoharai) - stock photos, illustrations & facts on this pelagic shark from tropical and sub-tropical oceans

Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Chondrichthyes > Order: Lamniformes > Family: Pseudocarchariidae > Genus: Pseudocarcharias > Species: P. kamoharai - Binomial name: Pseudocarcharias kamoharai

The crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai, is a pelagic or open-ocean shark that lives in tropical and sub-tropical waters of all oceans, usually offshore and a long way from land. It is medium in size, growing to three and a half feet in length. The crocodile shark is gray with a paler underside, white edged fins and sometimes with white spots on its body. They feed on small palegic fish, squid and shrimp. They are oviviparous, with the enbryos feeding on a yolk sac, and up to four pups in a litter. It has large eyes but does not have a nictitating membrane.
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