Species: Odontaspis ferox, Bumpytail Ragged-tooth Shark, Ragged-tooth Shark, Smalltooth Sandtiger Shark

Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810)

Ragged-tooth Shark, Bumpytail Ragged-tooth Shark, Smalltooth Sandtiger Shark

A robust body; head with long, bulbously conical snout; eyes moderately large, without nicitating eyelids; mouth relatively long, extending behind eyes; 5 gill slits, all before pectoral; teeth moderately large with prominent dagger-like middle point and 2-3 small points on either side, large central teeth in 2 rows; fins short, angular; first dorsal fin much nearer pectorals than pelvics; second dorsal fin ~3/4 size of first dorsal, its origin over or slightly behind pelvic insertion; anal fin deep, similar in size to second dorsal; tail fin asymmetrical with moderate subterminal notch and strong ventral lobe.

Medium grey on back, light grey below, tip of 1st dorsal fin not light; young with black tips on dorsal fins.

Size: reaches 450 cm.

Habitat: rocky shores.

Depth: 10-1495 m.

Circumglobal in mainly subtropical waters; North Carolina to the southern Caribbean; Brazil.