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black sand tiger (Odontaspis noronhai)
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black sand tiger (Odontaspis noronhai) specimen
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Odontaspididae

black sand tiger

Odontaspis noronhai

Chocolate brown with enormous oval eyes

  • Black
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Large

black sand tiger is known from Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
367 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Madeira and southern Brazil. Eastern Central Pacific: off Hawaii. May eventually be recorded from the Western Central Pacific (Ref. 13568 ). Questionably occurring in Seychelles.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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