Pigeyed sharks are a large, stout-bodied shark with a massive thick head, very short, broad, blunt snout, and small eyes. Large angular pectorals, high erect triangular first dorsal ( over three times second dorsal height ), dorsals with short rear tips, no interdorsal ridge.

SIZE

There maximum length is approximately 9.2 feet, with an average size of about 6.5 to 8 feet. Size of pups at birth is about 2.4 feet long.

TEETH

They have large triangular saw-edged upper teeth.

COLOR

Pigeye sharks have a grayish body with white underbelly, fin tips dusky, but not strikingly marked.

FEEDING HABITS

These sharks feed on bottom fishes, crustaceans and molluscs.

HABITAT

Found in Indo-West Pacific: South Africa to Australia. East Atlantic: Nigeria. They occur in continental and insular shelves, inshore near surf line and along beaches, in depths from surface to 195.8 feet.

LIFE SPAN

No data found

REPRODUCTION

Apparently vivaparous ( gives birth to live young ), with yolksac placenta. Reproduction in this species has not been well studied.

SHARK ATTACKS

Potentially harmful, but no records of attacks.

POPULATION REPORT

No common? Shark fisheries intensifying in its range.