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Scientific Name: Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871)
English Name: Snaggletooth shark, Fossil Shark
Local/Bangla Name: Shiailla Boli Hangor (শিয়াইল্লা বলি হাঙ্গর)
Photo: Fishes of Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Hemigaleidae
Description:
Snout is relatively long and broadly rounded. Mouth with teeth protruding when closed. Gill slits large, more than two to three times eye length. First dorsal fin origin over or slightly behind inner margins of pectoral fins. Second dorsal fin about two thirds the size of first dorsal fin, its origin before anal fin origin. All fins strongly curved. Second dorsal fin and upper caudal lobe sometimes with dusky blotch in juvenile.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Continental and insular shelves at depths
down to 132 m. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Hussain MM (1970) The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of North East part of the Bay of Bengal. Scientific Researches. East Regional Laboratories, Dhaka. 52.
Other References:
Thompson PM, Islam MA (Eds.) (2010) Environmental Profile of St. Martin’s Island, United Nations Development Programme, Dhaka, 150 p
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
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