Species: Pseudocarcharias kamoharai, Crocodile Shark

Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936)

Crocodile Shark

Body cylindrical, slender; snout long, conical, bulbous; eyes very large; mouth large, angular, ventral, protrusible; teeth large, two rows at front on each jaw, long and awl-like at front; five long gill slits, all before the pectoral; first dorsal low, triangular, behind pectoral; second dorsal smaller, between pelvics and anal; anal fin small, after base of 2nd dorsal; pectoral fin small, short, broad; tail asymmetric, upper lobe long, lower lobe short but well defined; tail base with a keel on each side and a pit above and below.

Light to dark grey above, paler below; fins with white or translucent borders; sometimes white spots and a white patch behind mouth.

Size: 122 cm.

Habitat: oceanic, typically far offshore.

Depth: 0-590 m.

Probably circumtropical; Virginia to Brazil.