Family: PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE, Crocodile Shark
long, cónical snout
cylindrical, slender
v large, round eye
cylindrical, slender
v large, round eye
D1 low, triangular, behind pectoral
teeth = long awls
C: base with keel
FAMILY PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE
CROCODILE SHARK
A cylindrical, slender, small (1.1 m) shark; 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.
The family contains a single species found worldwide in tropical and subtropical areas.
PREPARED BY D ROSS ROBERTSON, AFTER COMPAGNO (1984)
