---
title: "Snaggletooth Shark"
description: "Hemipristis elongata — Peces. Hemipristis elongata es una especie de elasmobranquio carcarriniforme de la familia Hemigaleidae.​"
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/snaggletooth-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Snaggletooth Shark

> Hemipristis elongata — Peces. Hemipristis elongata es una especie de elasmobranquio carcarriniforme de la familia Hemigaleidae.​

- Scientific name: *Hemipristis elongata*
- Category: `fish` (Peces)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 65
- Wikidata: [Q40713](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40713)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102591](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102591)

## Names

- en: Snaggletooth Shark
- de: Fossilhai
- fr: Hemipristis elongatus
- it: Hemipristis elongatus

## Countries with the most observations

IN (18), QA (7), ID (6), AU (5), MY (4)

## Summary

Hemipristis elongata es una especie de elasmobranquio carcarriniforme de la familia Hemigaleidae.​

Text: Wikipedia (es), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemipristis_elongata

## Photo

![Snaggletooth Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/snaggletooth-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Shanks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247844273

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/snaggletooth-shark?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).