Crocodile shark
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phylum | Chordata | The crocodile shark can be found worldwide in tropical waters from the surface to a depth of 590 m (1,940 ft). It performs a diel vertical migration, staying below a depth of 200 m (660 ft) during the day and ascending into shallower water at night to feed. Typically measuring only 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, the crocodile shark is the smallest living mackerel shark.
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class | Chondrichthyes | |
order | Lamniformes | |
family | Pseudocarchariidae | |
genus | Pseudocarcharias | |
species | P. kamoharai |