Description

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Common Names

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Fijntandhaai , Dutch , Netherlands

Eventooth shark , English , Cuba

Finetooth Shark , English , Cuba

Finetooth shark , English , USA

Finetooth shark , English , Uruguay

Finetooth shark , English , Global

Night shark , English , Cuba

Night shark , English , USA

Shark , English , USA

Smoothtooth shark , English , Guyana

Smoothtooth shark , English , USA

Võrdhambune hallhai , Estonian , Estonia

Requin à petites dents , French , France

Requin à petits dents , French , Global

Kleinzahn-Grundhai , German , Germany

長孔真鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China

长孔真鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cação-dente-liso , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Galano dientefino , Spanish , Cuba

Tiburón de noche , Spanish , Cuba

Tiburón dentiliso , Spanish , Mexico

Tiburón dentiliso , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Family: Carcharhinidae

Genus: Carcharhinus

Species: Carcharhinus isodon (Valenciennes, 1839)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Commonly found close inshore. Forms large schools. Feeds on small bony fishes and cephalopods. Viviparous (with a yolk-sac placenta), 1 to 6 young per litter. Size at birth 51 to 64 cm. Presumably eaten fresh and dried salted.

Habitat

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demersal