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Genus: Nasolamia, Whitenose Shark


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snout: long, narrow, conical, tip - white spot
nostrils: large, transverse, very close together

NASOLAMIA

WHITENOSE SHARK

Slender body with long, narrow conical snout and very large, transverse, close-set nostrils; eyes large, round; lip furrows very short; upper front teeth with narrow triangular, oblique, serrated tips, lower front teeth slender, straight, serrated; five gill slits, last two over pectoral; no ridge between dorsals; two dorsal fins, first much larger, with origin over inner pectoral margin, second over anal; pectoral broad, triangular, a little curved; tail base with transverse groove at top; tail asymmetric, curved, upper lobe notched under tip, with large lower lobe.

The genus contains a single species, which is endemic to the tropical eastern Pacific.