Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Snaggletooth shark (Hemipristis elongata), recorded as Endangered
Snaggletooth shark (Hemipristis elongata). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Snaggletooth shark

Hemipristis elongata

Snaggletooth shark is a shark or ray in the family Hemigaleidae (order Carcharhiniformes) — Hemipristis elongata, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Hemipristis elongata
Taxonomy
Elasmobranchii · Carcharhiniformes · Hemigaleidae · Hemipristis

The shark or ray

Its length is up to 240 cm (7.87 ft).

Range and habitat

It is found in the Indo-West Pacific, among them the Red Sea, from southeast Africa to the Philippines, north to China, and south to Australia, at depths from 1 to 130 meters. This shark prefers the bottom of the water column in coastal areas, but can be found on continental and insular shelves as well.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Sharks and rays grow slowly and have few young. A fishery that treats them as bycatch can empty a coastal form.

In crisis

Snaggletooth shark is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Snaggletooth shark, Wikidata item Q40713. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Also in this catalog

Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii
Photograph of Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Axolotl

Ambystoma mexicanum

Quick answers

What is Snaggletooth shark?
Snaggletooth shark is a shark or ray in the family Hemigaleidae (order Carcharhiniformes) — Hemipristis elongata.
What is the conservation status of Snaggletooth shark?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Hemipristis elongata. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Snaggletooth shark live?
It is found in the Indo-West Pacific, among them the Red Sea, from southeast Africa to the Philippines, north to China, and south to Australia, at depths from 1 to 130 meters.
Why is Snaggletooth shark in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Hemipristis elongata?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Snaggletooth shark a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.