Scientific Name	Scoliodon laticaudus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Müller & Henle, 1838	Depth	10 - 50M
Chinese	寬尾斜齒鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	真鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F029　Carcharhinidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	寬尾斜齒鯊
Max Length	100 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	沙仔、尖頭沙、寬尾曲齒鮫、寬尾斜齒鮫
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South
Habitats	Coral、Estuary、Fresh Water、Coastal	Holotype Locality	India
Synonyms	Carcharias muelleri, Carcharias palasoora, Carcharias palasorra, Carcharias sorrahkowah, Carcharias sorrakowah, Physodon muelleri, Physodon mulleri, Scoliodon laticaudata, Scoliodon palasorrah, Scoliodon sorrakawah, Scoliodon sorrakowa
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；White, W.T., P.R. Last and G.J.P. Naylor, 2010. Scoliodon macrorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852), a second species of spadenose shark from the Western Pacific (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae). pp. 61-76. In P.R. Last, W.T. White, and J.J. Pogonoski (eds). Descriptions of new sharks and rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 32.   Nair, K.P. 1976 Teshima, K., M. Ahmad, etc. 1978 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	ASIZP0062923. ASIZP0067270. ASIZP0067272. ASIZP0067311. ASIZP0070565. ASIZP0070789. ASIZP0075036. ASIZP0080056. ASIZP0080844. ASIZP0802200. ASIZP0802212. ASIZP0802213. ASIZP0807390. ASIZP0807580. ASIZP0912200. ASIZP0912212. ASIZP0912213. ASIZP0916957. ASIZP0917390. ASIZP0917580. FRIP00944. MTP0118. MTP0197.
Common Name	Spadenose shark; Yellow dog shark; Yellow dogshark; Indian dogshark
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Lower Risk/near threatened(LR/nt)  2000-06-30
Characteristic	A moderately stout, with head broad, greatly depressed, and trowel shaped shark. Snout bell-shaped in dorsoventral view. Preoral length greater than internarial space and mouth width. Eyes small and without posterior notches. Spiracles absent. Teeth similar in upper and lower jaws. Teeth of anteroposteriors with slender oblique cusps and distal blades but no cusplets or serrations. 25-33/24-34 rows of teeth. Interdorsal ridge absent. First dorsal origin over or behind pectoral rear tips, its midbase much closer to pelvic bases than to pectorals and its free rear tip about over pelvic midbases. Second dorsal fin height 1/3 of 1st height or less. Pectoral fin origin under interspace between 4th and 5th of gill slits. Anal fin much larger than 2nd dorsal fin, with short preanal ridges. Colour light grey, yellowish or brownish grey above, without any colour pattern.
habitats	A common tropical and subtropical shark of continental and insular shelves. Viviparous, with an unusual columnar placenta. Fertilized eggs are unusually small, only 1 mm in diameter and with little yolk. Maximum size is about 74 cm. Males maturing at 24-3
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific including Tanzania, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Java, Borneo, China, Taiwan, Japan.
Utility	Caught with hook-and-line, longline, floating and bottom gillnets and set bottom nets, and traps. Utilized fresh for human consumption.