A small voracious shark, <em>Odontaspis</em> or <em>Carcharias littoralis</em>, also called <internalXref urlencoded="shovelnose">shovelnose</internalXref>. The name extends to all the <em>Carchariidæ</em> as restricted by Jordan, by most writers called <internalXref urlencoded="Odontaspidid%C3%A6">Odontaspididæ</internalXref>.