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bigeye ragged-tooth
Common name: Crocodile shark
Shark species in Pseudocarchariidae.
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
Overview
The crocodile shark is a slim, big-eyed pelagic species of warm offshore seas. Its field-guide personality is all midwater efficiency: small body, large eyes, and a life mostly hidden far from shore. The family is recognized by large eyes, a slender body, long gill slits, and a narrow-snouted head out of proportion to its small overall size. The crocodile shark is a small oceanic species with records from tropical and subtropical waters in several ocean basins.
It is mostly an offshore shark of the open ocean, occupying the upper to midwater pelagic zone.
Added from the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
Why it matters: Despite the name, it is a small open-ocean shark, not a bulky coastal predator.
Common nameCrocodile shark
Scientific namePseudocarcharias kamoharai
FamilyPseudocarchariidae
OrderLamniformes
Max length1.1 m
Depth range0 to 0 meters
RegionMadagascar, Mozambique, Mozambican EEZ
DietData not available in this offline release.
HabitatMarine waters (habitat data not available locally).
Why it stands outFamily: Pseudocarchariidae
What this shark is
The family is recognized by large eyes, a slender body, long gill slits, and a narrow-snouted head out of proportion to its small overall size.
Where it lives
The crocodile shark is a small oceanic species with records from tropical and subtropical waters in several ocean basins.
It is mostly an offshore shark of the open ocean, occupying the upper to midwater pelagic zone.
How it differs from similar sharks
Family: Pseudocarchariidae
Compare it against Porbeagle, Japanese mackerel shark, and big mouth shark.
Why it is notable
Human interaction is very limited and usually restricted to bycatch in pelagic fisheries.
Species-level taxonomy was verified from Sharkipedia's current species list and taxonomy workbook. In this pass, the narrative fields are cautious family-level placeholders synthesized from broad shark references, chiefly the FAO Sharks of the World catalogue, because a stronger multi-source species-level synthesis was not assembled here without risking invented detail. Replace this with a direct species-level synthesis before publication in the app.
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