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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carchariniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Scientific Name: Lamiopsis temmincki
Common Name: Broadfin Shark
Broadfin Shark (Lamiopsis temmincki)
The broadfin has a small, rather stocky requiem shark with a moderately long snout nearly equal to mouth width, a small round eye with a nictitating eyelid, second dorsal fin nearly as large as first, upper teeth serrated and with broad triangular cusps, lower teeth with smooth, hooked, narrow cusps, longitudinal upper precaudal pit, pectoral fins broad and triangular, anal fin with posterior margin nearly straight, and color light grey or tan above, light below with no prominent markings.
A little-known, continental, inshore shark, apparently only common on the west coast on India, but rare elsewhere. Viviparous, number of young 4 to 8 per littler.
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