Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)

Scientific name: Carcharhinus hemiodon M?ller & Henle, 1839

Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)

The Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon) is a brackish-water fish of the family Carcharhinidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0. Grey above, white below, with the tips of the pectorals, and upper and lower caudal-fin lobes black; other fins dusky.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Carcharhinus hemiodon
Family
Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Order
Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks)
Class
Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
Maximum length
200
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; amphidromous
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Oman to Pakistan, India, and possibly Sri Lanka. Scattered localities from the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific ranging from India to New Guinea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Critically Endangered (CR) (A2acd;C2a(i))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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