Bigeye sand tiger

Bigeye sand tiger shark ( odontaspis noronhai )

The bigeye sand tiger shark ( odontaspis noronhai ) is an insufficiently known shark from the order of Makrelenhaiartigen ( Lamniformes ) and the family of the Sand Sharks ( Odontaspididae ). The shark pelagic at depths between 600 and 1000 meters above continental slopes and shelf areas. So far he has been in the western Atlantic in Brazil, caught in the eastern Atlantic near Madeira and in the central Pacific in Hawaii. A possible occurrence in the Seychelles is uncertain.

Features

Male bigeye sand tiger sharks are a maximum of 3.60 meters long, 3.26 meter female. The average size is probably between 2.5 and 3.0 meters. The body color is uniform brown, the outer fin edges, with the exception of the pectoral fins dark. The muzzle is tapered and long, rounded off the top, the front with medium-sized, tricuspid teeth mouth extends to behind the eyes. The eyes are strikingly large. You have no nictitating membrane. The first dorsal fin originates above the end of the pectoral fins, the second dorsal fin is the pelvic fins opposite. The tail fin shaft is notched at the top just before the beginning of the caudal fin.

Way of life

Since the species lives in deep water, their lifestyle and diet is largely unknown. Probably it multiplies ovoviviparous.