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Photograph of the Crocodile Shark

Crocodile Shark

Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936)

Least Concern
© Marc Dando
Maximum length
3 m

Meet the Crocodile Shark

The crocodile shark is a small, elusive species with distinctively large eyes, and needle-like teeth.

What they eat
Bony fishes and cephalopods.

How big do they get?

Crocodile Shark · 3 m
Human diver · 1.8 m
The Crocodile Shark grows to around 3 m at most: the bars compare its maximum recorded length with a diver.

Where they live

Map of the known distribution of the Crocodile Shark
Known distribution

Distribution

Worldwide, oceanic tropical waters.

Habitat

Normally far offshore, from surface to at least 590 m.

In the wild

  • A diver photographing sharks in open water
    Recorded on a Shark Trust survey dive
  • An angel shark resting on the seabed
    Resting on a sandy seabed
  • A clownose ray swimming over the seabed
    Cruising close to the sea floor
  • A group of rays gliding through shallow water
    In the shallows at dusk
  • A Port Jackson shark on a reef
    Sheltering on the reef

Go deeper

Conservation status

Least Concern Global

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