Isistius plutodus (Largetooth cookiecutter shark)?

Garrick & Springer, 1964

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Chondrichthyes > Elasmobranchii > Squalomorphii > Squaliformes > Dalatiidae

Small sharks with a long, flat snout with teeth on its sides and barbels below, 5-6 pairs of lateral gill slits, 2 spineless dorsal fins and no anal fin. All are live-bearers, without a placenta. 1 family, Pristiophoridae, with at least 6 species, 2 in the area. See sawfish.

Text by Leonard J.V. Compagno, David A. Ebert and Malcolm J. Smale