Great white shark head mount (see #S-945 below)

This gives you an idea of how many jaws we have

GREAT WHITE SHARK JAWS 

(See #S946 series below)

All shark jaws are obtained from the legal fishing industry in the Philippines and off the coast of India in the Indian Ocean.   These sharks are caught for their hides & meat.  The jaws & teeth are sold as a collectible to recycle 100% of the shark.

WE EXPECT WITHIN 3 TO 5 YEARS, AT THE MOST, THERE WILL BE NO SHARK JAWS AVAILABLE.

(Galeocerdo cuvier)

Tiger shark is a predator shark, second largest after the Great White for number of recorded attacks.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S-900-1

29" wide x 15-1/4" tall, 1-3/8" primary teeth

$1175  SOLD

#S-900-3

EXTREMELY RARE SIZE

A REAL COLLECTORS PIECE!

TEETH ALONE WORTH MORE THAN THE PRICE OF THE JAW!

28" wide x 16-1/2" tall, 1-3/8" primary teeth

#S-900-11

26" wide x 15-1/4" tall, 1-1/16" primary teeth

#S-900-12

26" wide x 14-7/8" tall, 1" primary teeth

#S-900-13

26" wide x 14-3/8" tall, 1" primary teeth

#S-900-14

26" wide x 14-3/8" tall, 1" primary teeth

#S-900-16

25-1/2" wide x 13-5/8" tall

#S-900-17

25" wide x 13-3/8" tall

#S-900-18

25 x 13-5/8" tall

#S-900-30

25" wide x 16-1/4" tall, 1-1/8" primary teeth

#S-900-31

25" wide x 13-3/8" tall, 1" primary teeth

#S-900-33

24-1/2" wide x 14-1/2" tall

#S-900-34

24" wide x 13-3/4" tall

#S-900-35

24" wide x 13-3/4" tall

#S900-44  

22-3/4" wide x 15-3/4" tall; 1-1/16" teeth  

$685

#S-900-46

21" wide x 13-3/4" tall

#S900-48

20-3/4" wide x 12" tall; 1-1/16" teeth  

$600

#S-900-100

12-7/8" wide x 7" tall

#S-900-103

12-3/8" wide x 7-1/2" tall

#S-900-105

12-3/8" wide x 6-7/8 tall

#S-900-108

10-1/4" wide x 6-1/2" tall

(Isurus Oxyrinchus)

(how to tell the difference between shortfin & longfin mako jaws?  Easiest ID is that there is a GAP between the 3rd & 4th upper teeth counting from the center)

If this doesn't look like the jaws in the Aliens movie with Sigourney Weaver...Geez, I scared MYSELF when I saw the photo I just took.  ALL the rows of teeth are active like fish hooks to hold ANYTHING.  What a great jaw for anyone that's into sharks!  

Upper and lower jaw shown

Shortfin "sharp nose" Mako is closely related to the Longfin Mako.

#S-901  

Average size 8-1/4" wide x 6-7/8" tall; 3/4" teeth

(4 available)

#S-901-A  

Average size 10" wide x 7-3/4" tall; 7/8" teeth

(11 available)

#S-901-B

22" wide x 12-3/8" tall, 1-3/4" primary teeth

#S-901-C

22-1/8" wide x 12" tall, 1-3/4" primary teeth

#S-901-D

21-1/2" wide x 11-1/2" tall, 1-3/4" primary teeth, cartilage repair

#S-901-E

21-1/2" wide x 11-1/4" tall, 1-3/4" primary teeth

#S-901-F

26" wide x 15" tall

#S-901-H

25" wide x 14-1/2" tall

#S-901-I

24" wide x 13-5/8" tall

#S901-J

11-3/4" to 12" wide x 7 to 8-1/2" tall

(5 available)

#S-901-K

24" wide x 13-5/8" tall

#S-901-L

24" wide x 12" tall

#S-901-M

22" wide x 12" tall

#S-901-N

22" wide x 12-3/4" tall

#S-901-O

20" wide x 11-3/4" tall, broken tooth in front

RARE HUGE SIZE - SHORTFIN MAKO JAW

RARE HUGE SIZE, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE.  THESE LARGE MAKO JAWS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE REMOVE THE TEETH WHICH ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN THE JAW.   Principal teeth are 2-1/8" long.  Jaw measures an incredible 29" wide

HUGE, RARE SIZE OF JAW & TEETH, MUSEUM QUALITY:  25-1/4" wide x 20-1/2" tall, principal teeth are 2-1/4"!!  Close up of teeth shown top & bottom. 

Sold to Dan - Photo of this jaw in collector his office (far right):

(Isurus paucus)

A distinction was never made between shortfin and longfin until 1966; these are less common than the shortfin mako; how to tell the difference between shortfin & longfin mako jaws?  Easiest ID is that there is NO GAP between the 3rd & 4th upper teeth counting from the center

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S901-U

(Carcharhinus brevipinna)

The spinner shark is a slender shark with a long pointed snout with a gray-bronze coloration and white belly. Nearly worldwide range. A fast swimming, very active, schooling shark that often leaps spinning out of the water (hence its name) to catch prey. It swims rapidly upward through schools of fishes with an open mouth, spinning along its long axis and snapping in all directions, then it penetrates the surface after its feeding run. This species is not dangerous to human beings, although it could be troublesome to divers when spearfishing. Feeds primarily on fishes (sardines, herrings, anchovies, lizardfishes, tunas, bonitos...) but small sharks and rays, too.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S902-J

Average 4" wide

(25 available)

#S902-K

Average 5" wide

(28 available)

Grey Smooth-hound Shark (Mustelus californicus) shark jaw is interesting and smooth, great collector item, not common!  3-3/4" x 2-1/2".  A man once scared one to death by jumping in its tank, here's the article:

http://ourfishinghole.homestead.com/SharkDies.html

It is a bottom dwelling shark, harmless to humans.

#S-905 Grey Smooth-hound Shark  

(13 available)  

Negaprion brevirostris

The lemon shark gets its name because of its pale yellow brown coloring; inhabits coastal inshore waters from New Jersey (US) to Southern Brazil, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean and along Senegal and the Ivory Coast of Africa in the eastern Atlantic.  

Lemon sharks only get 8 to 10 feet long and live well in captivity, thus their behaviors are better know than other sharks.  The lemon shark is also known to form loose aggregations and  based on size and sex it have been seen congregating near docks and fishing piers during the night, returning to deep water during the day.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S-906-B

17-5/8" wide x 10" tall, 3/4" primary teeth

#S-906-C 

17-5/8" wide x 10" tall, 3/4" primary teeth

#S-906-E

17" wide x 10-3/4" tall,

#S-906-F 

17" wide x 9-1/2" tall, 3/4" primary teeth

(also called bronze whaler or Narrow tooth)

(Carcharhinus brachyurus)

Upper & lower teeth shown

#S907-1

18" wide x 9" tall

#S907-2

18" wide x 8-3/4" tall

#S907-3

17-1/2" wide x 8-3/4" tall, 5/8" primary teeth

#S907-4

17" wide x 8-3/8" tall, 5/8" primary teeth

#S907-5

16-1/2" wide x 8-1/4" tall, 5/8" primary teeth

Carcharhinidae, Prionace Glauca 

(Requiem sharks)

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S-908  8-1/4" wide x 9-3/4" tall, 5 broken teeth on top left

    

#S908-2    11" wide x est. 7" tall

Scott, with the Captain of the boat, Lori Pilgrim, holding the blue shark before its release

Atelomycterus marmoratus or Coral catshark

Family: Scyliorhinus, from off the coast of the Philippines

Our SMALLEST jaw!

Upper and lower jaw shown

Cat shark is commonly called dogfish, with over 110 species recorded.

#S-909   Average size 2" wide x 1-3/8" tall 

(209 available)   $5.00 each

Atelomycterus marmoratus or Coral catshark

Family: Scyliorhinus, from off the coast of the Philippines

#S-909-1  20-1/2" long x 3-3/4" wide

#S-909-2  20-1/4" long x 3-7/8" wide

#S-909-3  17-3/4" long x 3-1/4" wide

Carcharhinus obscurus

Upper and lower jaw shown

Dusky or Black whaler shark is one of the larger species.

#S-910-C

20" wide x 12" tall

#S-910-D

19" wide x 10-3/4" tall, 3/4" primary teeth

$265

#S-910-E

18-3/4" wide x 11" tall

$255

#S-910-F

19-1/2" wide x 12" tall

$275 HOLD FOR MIKE

#S-910-G

19-1/2" wide x 12-1/2" tall

$275

#S-910-H

19" wide x 10-1/2" tall

$265

#S-910-I

18" wide x 10-3/8" tall

$250

(Echinorhinus brucus)

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S911-1   9-3/4" wide x 9-1/2" tall; 1/2" teeth

#S911-2  7-7/8" wide x 7-7/8" tall; 1/2" teeth

#S-911-3   6-5/8" wide x 6-1/2" tall, 3/8" teeth

#S911-4   6-1/8" wide x 6-1/4" tall; 3/8" teeth

#S911-5   6-3/4" wide x 5-1/2" tall; 5/16" teeth (GREAT JAW)

#S911-6   6-3/4" wide x 6" tall; 3/8" teeth

(Heptranchus perlo)

Upper and lower jaw shown

Sharpnose sevengill is also known as one-finned, perlon, snouted, and slender sevengill shark. Found in all oceans except the north Atlantic Ocean & Mediterranean Sea.  Found in waters up to 1870' deep but also in deep channels & bays, and prefers rocky bottom habitats. The Sharpnose is different from the other 7-gill sharks due to the lack of black spots along its body.  They grow up to 10' long and 236 pounds, life expectancy: 50 years.  It sometimes hunts in packs, an opportunistic predator that will eat almost anything (shark, dolphin, bony fishes, humans). Its predators include the great white shark.  This is one of the few species of sharks with seven pairs of gill slits whlie others usually have five.

#S-912

(Orectolobus japonicus)

Upper and lower jaw shown

Wobbegong shark is camouflaged with symmetrical pattern making it look like carpet, thus being know as carpet shark.

#S-913

#S913-C

7-1/8 x 3-3/8"

#S913-D

6-3/8 x 3-1/4"

(Carcharhinus sorrah)

Shark has a distinctive large black tip on pectorals, second dorsal fin and ventral caudal lobe.  It prefers coral reefs; they are often found in the Indian Ocean; it feeds on fishes and octopi;  a relatively small requiem shark, averages 5 feet long.  It is harmless to humans.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S-914-A  

Average 4 x 3" 

#S-914-D

Average 8-3/4 x 4-1/2"  (37 available)

#S914-E

5-3/8 x 3-1/8"

(8 available)

#S-914-F

(Carcharhinus limbatus)

Upper and lower jaws  & inside lower jaw close up

Photo of Black tip shark at the Seattle Aquarium, compliments of Scott & Liz:

Blacktip shark is a close relative to the spinner shark.

#S915-B    17-1/4" wide X 8-1/2" tall; some chipped teeth

#S915-D    12" wide;

Scott is a scuba diver and shark feeder for a large aquarium, working under a private grant studying shark immune systems.   He was feeding a 5 foot female Blacktip shark, wearing a chain mail gauntlet, pulling the fish back and forth the way you and I would play with a dog and bone to make her work for her supper.  You can see the bruises on his right arm from her playful bite.  

 

Friend Liz is a trauma nurse, though she reports that Scott generally tends to his own injuries most of the time.  She is also involved in his study.

Here is a May 2006 photo of them both, wearing their shark tooth necklaces they got from us:

SANDBAR and/or BROWN SHARK JAW

(Carcharhinus plumbeus)

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S-916-B

6" wide

(6 available)

(Triaenodon obesus)

Upper and lower jaw shown

One of Heidi's favorites!

#S917-A

9-1/2 to 11" wide average x 6" tall  $60  SOLD

(Squatina nebulosa)

Upper and lower jaw shown

Average 9" wide x 6" tall

$110 EACH

#S918-A

(Rhina ancylostoma)

Upper and lower jaw shown

Shark ray is also known also the bowmouth guitarfish and bowmouth wedgefish and is a relative to skates and rays.

#S919  RARE LARGE SIZE, 13" wide

#S919-A

9" wide x 9-1/2" tall

#S919-B

9" wide x 9-1/2" tall 

#S919-C

9" wide x 9-1/2" tall

#S919-N

Spine is 12" long, claspers are 9-1/2" following curvature

$130 for the set

#S919-P 

(Heterodontus zebra)

Upper and lower jaw shown

Unusual because the front teeth are sharp to catch shrimp, the back teeth are grinders to chew; rows of teeth so perfect and tiny, so MANY rows

#S-920-A

#S920-D

#S920-E

#S920-F  

#S920-G

Carcharhinus amboinensis

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S-921

(Carcharhinus signatus)

Relatively rare, in 20 years of jaw business we have never had this species before.

The night shark is distinguished by its very long, pointed snout, longer than the width of its mouth. This green eyed shark has a relatively small first dorsal fin that starts behind the free rear tips of the pectoral fins. The second dorsal fin is also small and low, starting just above the anal fin; with a low interdorsal ridge between the first and second dorsal fins. The moderately long pectoral fins are slightly sickle-shaped with narrowly rounded ends.

The night shark typically feeds on squid and small bony fishes, including flyingfish, scombrids, butterfishes, and sea basses.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S922-C

10-1/2" wide x 8-3/4" tall, multiple broken teeth on top right

(Dasystis centroura)

The roughtail stingray is typically found in tropical to warm temperate waters of the North Atlantic; generally dwells in muddy and sandy substrate. It can be found at a depth of up to 656 feet (200 m) and in temperatures of 59 to 79°F (15 to 26°C).  Distinguishable characteristic of the roughtail stingray is its tail, containing numerous rows of small thorns and is long, slender, and whip-like.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S-923

4-3/4" wide x 2-1/4" tall

(Sphyrna zygaena)

Smooth hammerhead is also known as Common, Common Smooth, Round-headed, and Simple Hammerhead; relatively common.  Being as big as 16 feet long is the second largest of its species to the Great hammerhead. Close relative to the Scalloped hammerhead, though the Smooth has a much wider jaw with usually 14 upper teeth on each side of the upper jaw.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S924-A   Average   6-7/8 to 7-1/2" wide x 5" tall

$45 ea.  SOLD

(RARE!, we haven't had these jaws in quite some time)

(Sphyrna mokarran)

(Sphyrna mokarran)

Upper and lower jaw shown

The largest species of hammerhead can grow up to 20 feet, now RARE!

(Sphyrna lewini)

Scalloped hammerhead is also known as bronze, kidney-headed or southern hammerhead and is the most common species of hammerheads. Scalloped has a narrower jaw and 16 upper teeth on each side of the upper jaw.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S924-N   9-3/8" wide x 6-1/2" tall, 3/8" principle teeth

$75  SOLD

(Carcharhinus falciformis)

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S-925-J  Average 6 x 4"

(11 available)  

(RARE!)

Odontaspis ferox, of the family Odontaspididae, found on the continental shelf in all tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths between 10 and 500 m. Its length is up to 3.6 m.

The smalltooth sand tiger has a short, pointed snout, small eyes, protruding spike-like teeth.  It feeds on small bony fishes, squid and crustaceans.  Coloration is gray above, paler gray below, sometimes with red spots on the sides.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S926-A

18" wide x 16'1/2" tall (remains of shark skin still attached are a real bonus! ** Not only a rare species but an unusually LARGE size

$900  SOLD

#S926-C

16-1/2" wide x 9" tall

#S926-E

18-1/2" wide x 14"tall, 1-1/4" primary teeth

Unusually LARGE SIZE!

#S926-1

14-3/8" wide x 10" tall, 1" primary teeth

#S926-2

13-3/4" wide x 9-3/4" tall, 5/8" primary teeth

Carcharias taurus

Photos from the Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach of this species:

#S926-M

14" wide x 10" tall, 1" primary teeth 

RARE!

$525  SOLD

(RARE!)

Highly unusual tooth formation.

The bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus, often simply called the cow shark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to more than 5.4 m. (18 feet) long.

Many of its relatives are extinct.  The living species that are closest genetically include the dogfish, the Greenland shark, as well as other six- and sevengilled sharks. There are more closely related relatives in the fossil record than living species. Some of the shark's relatives date back to 200 million years ago.  

Although sluggish in nature, the bluntnose sixgill shark is capable of attaining high speeds for chasing and catching its prey. Because of the bluntnose sixgill shark's large and diverse range they have a wide variety of prey items. Their diet consists of a variety of mollusks, crustaceans, Agnathans (which is a family consisting of hagfish), and sea lampreys. They also dine on Cape anchovies, Pacific salmon, various species of hake.

Upper and lower jaw shown (wide teeth are in the lower jaw)

#S927-1  Extremely large, very rare!

27-1/2" wide x 15-7/8" tall

$1700  SOLD TO JOSE IN SPAIN

#S927-A  Extremely large, very rare!

25" wide x 17-1/2" tall

$1475 sold

Value of teeth alone are greater than the price of the jaw!

#S927-B  Extremely large, very rare!

28-1/2" wide x 16" tall

$1875 sold

Value of teeth alone are greater than the price of the jaw!

Outer upper jaw

Outer lower jaw

Inner lower jaw

#S927-C  Measures 23-5/8" wide x 12-3/4" tall (1-3/8" long primary teeth)

Upper outer jaw

Lower outer jaw

Lower inner jaw

#S927-D  Measures 21-5/8" wide x 12-1/2" tall (1-3/8" long primary teeth)

Hexanchus nakamurai

Big-eye six gill is a close relative to the blunt-nose six gill shark.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S927-M

7" wide x 3-1/2" tall, 1/2 x 1/4" primary teeth

KITEFIN (black or seal shark) SHARK JAWS

(Dalatias licha)

AMONG THE WEIRDEST JAWS ON THE PLANET

An ordinary looking little shark with a BIG BITE

 (RARE!) relative of the nasty Cookie Cutter shark, awesome tooth formation!  They shed a whole row of teeth at a time from the OUTSIDE, notice the two layers.

Found in the Eastern Atlantic, from tropical West Africa to the Irish Atlantic slope; recorded once from the American coast. Shark size: 40-60” long; 72” is the longest recorded so far. Color: Dark chocolate, cinnamon, or violet brown below as well as above; the upper surface sometimes with poorly defined blackish spots; the dorsal and pectoral fins with pale or whitish edges, the tail tipped with black. This is a deepwater shark that has an extremely large liver so it can achieve neutral buoyancy. Harmless to humans.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S-933-A

5" wide x 4" tall

#S-933-B

4-7/8" wide x 4" tall

#S-933-C

4-3/4" wide x 3-1/2" tall

#S-933-D

4-1/2" wide x 3-1/4" tall

$120

#S-933-E

4-5/8" wide x 4" tall

#S-933-F

4-3/8" wide x 4-1/4" tall

(Pastinachus sephen)

Wonderful and Weird!

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S934-A

#S934-B

#S934-C

#S934-D

(Alopias pelagicus)

Pelagic thresher is the smallest of three thresher species.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S935

7-8" wide average x 4-1/2" tall

(1 available)

(Alopias superciliosus)

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S936

9-10" average width x 6" tall

(5 available)

(SNAGGLE TOOTH) 

SHARK JAW

(hemipristis elongatus)

Hemipistis is a weasel shark and can be up to 8 feet long.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S937

6" wide x 4" tall

#S937-1

9-7/8" wide x 6-3/4" long, 3/4" primary teeth

#S937-2

9-1/2" wide x 6-1/4" long, 5/8" primary teeth

(Cephalocyllium umbratile)

The blotchy swell shark, Cephaloscyllium umbratile, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the subtropical western Pacific Ocean from Japan to the South China Sea, at depths of between 20 and 200 m. It grows to about 1.2 m in length, and can expand its body by taking in air or water to make it appear larger to predators.

Draughtsboard shark has been reported as having the ability to bark like a dog.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S938-A

3-5/8 x 2-1/4" average size

(1 available)

(Hemitriakis japanica)

Japanese tope shark is in the hound shark family, max. length is just over 3 feet long.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S939

3-1/4 x 2-3/8" average size

(2 available)

#S-940-A

(Hydrolagus colliei)

Also known as the Spotted ratfish, ghost shark, or, rabbitfishes, part of the Chimaera family of cartilaginous fish.  Related to sharks and rays in the class Chondrichthyes but separated from them as the subclass  Holocephali.  Considered by some a transitional fish from bony to cartilaginous.

 In Greek mythology, was a creature made of a lion, a goat, and a snake. It is a truly ugly, grotesque and fascinating fish, looking like a rat, cow and rabbit put together.  Instead of teeth, it has two rabbit like chewing ridges, and large green marble-like eyes.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S941-B

#S941-E

2-3/4 x 2 x 2" wide

(Rhizoprionodon acutus)

A requiem shark of the family Carharhinidae

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S942-D

#S942-E

Pseudocarcharias kamoharai

RARE, Unusual!

Crocodile shark is the smallest living species of mackerel sharks

#S-943

4" long x 5" tall, 1/2" primary teeth

(5 available)

(Carcharhinus albimarginatus)

A requiem shark, an aggressive, powerful apex predator.  It resembles the bulkier grey reef shark.  Species easily identified from the white tips on its fins.  Potentially dangerous to humans, as they often approach divers.

Upper teeth, close up:

Lower teeth, close up:

#S-944

13-1/2" wide x 6-3/4" tall, several split teeth

Carcharhinus galapagensis

A species of requiem shark that grows to 12 feet and resembles the dusky shark.  Galapagos sharks are bold and have behaved aggressively towards humans, and are thus regarded as dangerous.

Upper and lower jaw shown

#S945-1

16-1/8" wide x 9-1/4" tall, 7/8" primary teeth

#S945-2

15-5/8" wide x 9-3/4" tall, 3/4" primary teeth

 DEFORMED, Tooth is reversed, in the upper jaw, right side.

#S945

8-3/4" wide x 6-1/4" tall

RARE

(Carcharodon carcharias) Yes, as in JAWS the Movie; 

These are NOT replicas.  They are real great white shark jaws.

A RARE OFFERING that we are proud to own

Outer Upper jaw

Outer lower jaw

Back

Inner upper jaw

Inner lower jaw

#S-946-1  Measures 21-7/8" wide x 22-1/2" tall; 2-1/16" primary teeth; estimated size of shark:  13-14 footer

FEDEX GROUND SHIPPING TO BE CALCULATED & ADDED TO YOUR ZIP CODE.  U.S. SHIPPING ONLY

Outer upper jaw

Outer lower jaw

Back; note PROVENANCE in Asian language (if anyone can translate for us, please assist), date "1990", "Carcharodon carcharias" is in English.

#S-946-2  This medium sized GREAT WHITE SHARK JAW Measures 14" wide x 14-1/2" tall; 1-9/16" primary teeth; estimated size of shark:  8 footer

FEDEX GROUND SHIPPING TO BE CALCULATED & ADDED TO YOUR ZIP CODE.  U.S. SHIPPING ONLY

Outside upper jaws

Outside lower jaws

Inside upper & lower

#S-946-3  This small GREAT WHITE SHARK JAW measures 11-1/2" wide x 10-3/4" tall, with 7/8" principal teeth; from a 7 footer

FEDEX GROUND SHIPPING TO BE CALCULATED & ADDED TO YOUR ZIP CODE.  U.S. SHIPPING ONLY

Mitsukurina owstoni

 A deep-sea shark, the sole living species in the family Mitsukurinidae. The most distinctive characteristic of the goblin shark is the unorthodox shape of its head. It has a long, trowel-shaped, beak-like rostrum or snout, much longer than other sharks' snouts. Some other distinguishing characteristics of the shark are the color of its body, which is mostly pink, and its long, protrusible  jaws (i.e. when it reaches for something to eat, the jaws seem to unhinge from the front of the shark and catch its prey, then retract back to the shark's head.  A very weird thing to see.

They are found throughout the world, from Australia, Pacific Ocean to Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, but best-known from the waters around Japan, where the species was first discovered.  

Outer Upper jaw

Outer Lower jaw

Close up of center lower jaw

#S-947-1  Measures 14-3/8" wide x 12-5/8" tall; 1-1/4" primary teeth

Outer upper jaw

Outer lower jaw

Back

#S947-2  Measures 14-7/8" wide x 13-3/4" tall

(Notorynchus cepedianus)

Order - Hexanchiformes
Family - Hexanchidae
Genus - Notorynchus
Species - cepedianus
This shark is a large, active cowshark with a broad head, small eyes, and short, blunt snout. It gets its common name from the seven gills on each side of the pectoral fins.

Outer upper jaw

Inner lower jaw

Outer lower jaw

#S-948-1  Jaw Measures a huge 29-3/8" wide x 14-5/8" tall; 1-3/4" teeth, from a 14' 6" shark (wow!)

(Carcharhinus longimanus)

Upper jaw

Inner lower jaw

Outer lower jaw

#S-949-1  Measures 10" wide x 8-1/4" tall, principal teeth are 9/16" long.  From Australian waters, caught near Sydney Australia in 1992, from a 6' shark

(Carcharias taurus)

Outer upper jaw

Inner upper jaw

Lower jaw

#S-950-1  Measures 14-1/4" wide x 12" tall, from an 8.5' shark caught near Bunbury, Western Australia on 12/2/95.  HUGE TEETH: principal teeth 1-3/4".

 

HOLY COW!  This is the jaw from a BROADNOSE SEVEN GILL (or COW SHARK) (Notorynchus cepedianus)  See the tooth "sets" it has?  Also a good closeup of the rows of teeth typical in sharks, ready to move into place when a tooth is lost. 

Zebra shark jaw 

 

RARE!!  Modern HEMIPRISTIS (Snaggle tooth; Hemipristis elongatus) shark jaw - this shark was thought to be extinct till recently.  Heidi's favorite.

Nurse shark jaw

(Ginglymostoma cirratum)

PORT JACKSON SHARK JAW (Australia)

Weird "teeth" made for crunching coral like candy, this jaw is 5" tall x 4" wide

  

  Pucker up!  This jaw is from the PORT JACKSON SHARK (Heterodontus portusjacksoni), from Australian waters.  Great crushing power in these jaws, though it's just a medium sized jaw.  The third view is from the inside looking out.  Way cool!