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title: "Pondicherryhaai"
description: "Carcharhinus hemiodon — Vissen. The Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon) is an extremely rare species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pondicherry-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pondicherryhaai

> Carcharhinus hemiodon — Vissen. The Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon) is an extremely rare species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae.

- Scientific name: *Carcharhinus hemiodon*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 4
- Wikidata: [Q1516764](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1516764)
- iNaturalist taxon: [96757](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96757)

## Names

- en: Pondicherry Shark
- de: Pondicherryhai
- es: Tiburón de Pondicherry
- fr: Requin-baliai
- nl: Pondicherryhaai
- pt: Tubarão-cinzento-do-golfo

## Countries with the most observations

IN (4)

## Summary

The Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon) is an extremely rare species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. A small and stocky gray shark, it grows not much longer than 1 m (3.3 ft) and has a fairly long, pointed snout. This species can be identified by the shape of its upper teeth, which are strongly serrated near the base and smooth-edged near the tip, and by its first dorsal fin, which is large with a long free rear tip. Furthermore, this shark has prominent black tips on its pectoral fins, second dorsal fin, and caudal fin lower lobe.
The Pondicherry shark is critically endangered. It was once found…

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

## Photo

![Pondicherryhaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pondicherry-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: J.A.F. Garrick · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carcharhinus_hemiodon_nmfs.png

## Machine access

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