WoRMS taxon details
Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871)
277427 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277427)
accepted
Species
Carcharias ellioti Day, 1878 · unaccepted
Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871 · unaccepted
Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871) · unaccepted
Hemipristis pingali Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946 · unaccepted
Heterogaleus ghardaqensis Gohar & Mazhar, 1964 · unaccepted
Paragaleus acutiventralis Chu, 1960 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277427 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Paragaleus acutiventralis Chu, 1960) Chu, Y.-T. (1960). Cartilaginous fishes of China. i-x + 1-225. [In Chinese. Author's name sometimes given as Zhu.]. [details]
original description (of Carcharias ellioti Day, 1878) Day, F. (1878). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 4: i-xx + 553-778, Pls. 139-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.55567 [details]
original description (of Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Heterogaleus ghardaqensis Gohar & Mazhar, 1964) Gohar, H. A. F.; Mazhar, F. M. M. (1964). The elasmobranchs of the north-western Red Sea. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al-Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 13: 3-144, Pls. 1-16 + 2 maps. [details]
original description (of Carcharias ellioti Day, 1878) Day, F. (1878). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 4: i-xx + 553-778, Pls. 139-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.55567 [details]
original description (of Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Heterogaleus ghardaqensis Gohar & Mazhar, 1964) Gohar, H. A. F.; Mazhar, F. M. M. (1964). The elasmobranchs of the north-western Red Sea. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al-Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 13: 3-144, Pls. 1-16 + 2 maps. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
ERM. (1998). Fisheries resources and fishing operations in Hong Kong waters. Final report. Submitted to Agriculture & Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | snaggletooth shark [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (61 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Carcharias ellioti Day, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemipristis elongata)
To FishBase (from synonym Paragaleus acutiventralis Chu, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias ellioti Day, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipristis pingali Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heterogaleus ghardaqensis Gohar & Mazhar, 1964)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 84 proteins)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 84 proteins) (from synonym Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemipristis elongatus RAD100919-001) (from synonym Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemipristis elongatus RAD100919-002) (from synonym Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Carcharias ellioti Day, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemipristis elongata)
To FishBase (from synonym Paragaleus acutiventralis Chu, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias ellioti Day, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipristis pingali Setna & Sarangdhar, 1946)
To FishBase (from synonym Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Heterogaleus ghardaqensis Gohar & Mazhar, 1964)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 84 proteins)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 84 proteins) (from synonym Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemipristis elongatus RAD100919-001) (from synonym Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hemipristis elongatus RAD100919-002) (from synonym Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871))
