Crocodile shark
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
Length | Up to 3.6 ft; smallest lamnoid shark |
Description | Dark brown dorsally, sometimes with dark blotches on sides and ventral surface; pointed snout, long gill slits, very large eyes |
Food | Eats crustaceans, mollusks, bony fishes |
Habitat | Pelagic waters from the surface to about 1,900 ft; sometimes found near the bottom closer to shore |
Reproduction | Aplacental vivipary, embryos feed on eggs and possibly younger embryos in uterus after using up yolk sac; litter size generally 4; size at maturity 2.4 ft for males, 2.9 ft for females |