Scientific Name	Chaenogaleus macrostoma   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Bleeker, 1852)	Depth	10 - 59M
Chinese	大口尖齒鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	半沙條鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F028　Hemigaleidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	大口尖齒鯊
Max Length	100 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	沙條
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Jakarta [Batavia] and Samarang [Semarang], Java, Indonesia
Synonyms	Hemigaleus balfouri, Hemigaleus macrostoma, Hemigaleus microstoma, Hemipristis elongatus, Negogaleus balfouri, Negogaleus macrostoma
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001)；FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world  Baranes, A. etc. 1979 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001
Specimen List
Common Name	Balfour's shark; Hooktooth shark
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body small and slender. Snout wedge-shaped in dorsoventral view. Eyes large with nictitating eyelids. Gill slits very long, about twice eye length or more. Lower teeth with long, hooked smooth-edge cusps. Lower teeth protrude prominently when mouth is closed. Tooth row counts 33-38/34-36. 2nd dorsal fin about 2/3 the size of first. Second dorsal origin opposite or slightly ahead of anal origin. Anal fin smaller than 2nd dorsal fin and without preanal lateral ridges. Transverse, cresentic pre-caudal pits present, and light grey or bronze colour with no prominent markings.
habitats	A common coastal and inshore tropical shark of the continental and insular shelves, usually caught at depths down to 59 m. viviparous species, with a yolk-sac placenta, number of embryos 4 per litter. Size of maximum length about 100 cm, size at birth at
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific including Pakistan, India, SriLanka, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan, Java and Sulawesi.
Utility	Commonly caught in inshore and offshore areas by longline and bottom trawler fisheries. Flesh utilized fresh for human consumption.