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Smoothtooth Blacktip Shark
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Smoothtooth Blacktip Shark

Carcharhinus leiodon

The smoothtooth blacktip shark (Carcharhinus leiodon) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. It is known only from the type specimen caught from the Gulf of Aden, off eastern Yemen, and a handful of additional specimens caught from the Persian Gulf, off Kuwait. Reaching 1.2 m (3.9 ft) in length, this species has a stocky greenish-colored body, a short snout, and black-tipped fins. It can be distinguished from similar species by its teeth, which are...

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