Smalltooth sand tiger shark  (Odontaspis ferox)

Smalltooth sand tiger shark portrait

Facts

Also known as:Ragged-tooth shark and Herbst's nurse shark
Previously known as:Odontapsis herbsti
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Lamniformes
Family Odontaspididae
Genus Odontaspis (1)

Status

Classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1).

Description

Information on the smalltooth sand tiger shark is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (July, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/