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Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Australian specimens with dark-tipped fins; tooth counts 28-34/43-54; total vertebral counts 111 to 118 (Ref. 13567). Indonesian, Singapore and Thailand specimens with light-tipped fins; tooth counts 25-32/37-43; total vertebral counts 137 to 150 (Ref. 13567). Grey-brown above, lighter below, dorsal fins with white tips and posterior margins, sometimes with spots on sides of body (Ref. 13567).

Common Names

  • قِرش سُرعوب مِنجَل , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Seglfinnet væselhaj , Danish , Denmark
  • Sikkelvinwezelhaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Sicklefin weasel shark , English , Australia
  • Sicklefin weasel shark , English , Malaysia
  • Sicklefin weasel shark , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Sicklefin weasel shark , English , Philippines
  • Sicklefin weasel shark , English , Global
  • Weasel shark , English , Australia
  • Weasel shark , English , Malaysia
  • Sirpuim-nirkhai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Milandre faucille , French , Global
  • Pating , Ilokano , Philippines
  • Hiu kacang , Javanese , Indonesia
  • Hiu pilus , Javanese , Indonesia
  • Yu bintik putih , Malay , Malaysia
  • Yu pasir , Malay , Malaysia
  • 小口沙条鲛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小口沙條鮫 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 小孔沙条鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小孔沙條鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 沙条 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 犁鰭半沙條鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 犁鳍半条鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 犁鳍半沙条鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短頜沙條鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短颌沙条鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pating , Pangasinan , Philippines
  • Comadreja segadora , Spanish , Spain
  • Pating , Tagalog , Philippines
  • Chalarm Noo , Thai , Thailand
  • Cá Nhám miệng hẹp , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Carcharhiniformes

    Family: Hemigaleidae

    Genus: Hemigaleus

    Species: Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    A small, relatively common inshore and offshore shark of tropical continental seas (Ref. 13567). Feeds mainly on cephalopods, particularly octopi (Ref. 13567) but also takes crustaceans and cephalopods (Ref. 244). Viviparous (Ref. 50449). Taken regularly in inshore artisanal fisheries (Ref.244), commonly caught by inshore gillnet, bottom trawl and, to a lesser extent, longline fisheries. Utilized for human consumption (Ref. 244). Offal used for fishmeal (Ref. 244).

    Habitat

    demersal