Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Odontaspis ferox
solrayo, Small-tooth Sand Tiger Shark
The size of O. ferox at maturity differs in sexes, with ~275 cm for males and 365 cm total length (TL) for females, with the largest recorded size of a female measuring 450 cm TL.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Lamniformes
Family
Odontaspididae
Genus
Odontaspis
Species
ferox
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Carcharias ferox (Risso, 1810), Odontaspis herbsti Whitley, 1950, Squalus ferox Risso, 1810, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: It is located in Japan, the Mediterranean and southern Africa, from Madagascar and the Galapagos Islands in Wolf.
- Acuña-Marrero, D. Zimmerhackel, J., Mayorga, J., Hearn, A. (2013.) First record of three shark species, Odontaspis ferox, Mustelus albipinnis and Centrophorus squamosus, from the Galápagos Islands. Marine Biodiversity Records. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Vol. 6; e87. 1-6 pp.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
- IUCN (2024) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species www.iucnredlist.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Odontaspis ferox", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17863. Accessed 4 April 2026.