Author: (Smith, 1841)
FBname: Lesser sandshark
Comments: Found from the surf line to about 70 m depth (Ref. 5578), also reported as common in shallow waters to at least 75 m depth (Ref. 114953); also enters estuaries (Ref. 27121).  Feeds on crustaceans, bivalves, polychaete worms and small bony fishes (Ref. 5578).  Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Males mature at ca. 59 cm TL, females at 62-65 cm TL; born at ca. 23 cm TL. Produces litters of 2-10 pups (Ref. 114953). Taken by surf anglers (Ref. 3919).  Flesh highly esteemed (Ref. 3919). It is parasitised by the monogeneans <i>Pseudoleptobothrium christisoni</i> on the dorsal skin surface (Ref. 124055) and <i>Neoheterocotyle robii</i> on the gill lamellae (Ref. 124054).