Chaenogaleus

Genus of sharks

Chaenogaleus
Hooktooth shark (Chaenogaleus macrostoma)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Hemigaleidae
Genus: Chaenogaleus
Gill, 1862

Chaenogaleus is a genus of shark containing two species.[1] Only one is extant.

  • Hooktooth shark (Chaenogaleus macrostoma) (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Chaenogaleus affinis (Probst, 1879)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chaenogaleus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Chaenogaleus


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