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Snakey

Furgaleus macki (Whitley, 1943)

Status not recordedsharks and rays

The snakey (Furgaleus macki) is a species in the family Triakidae, order Carcharhiniformes.

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Quick facts about the snakey

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the snakey live?

Not recorded

Is the snakey endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the snakey classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. familyTriakidae
  6. genusFurgaleus
  7. SpeciesFurgaleus macki (Whitley, 1943)

Synonyms Fur macki, Fur ventralis, Furgaleus ventralis

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Mack's whiskery sharkEnglish
  • Reef sharkEnglish
  • Shakey sharkEnglish
  • SundownerEnglish
  • Whiskery sharkEnglish
  • Whiskery skarkEnglish
  • psohlav MackůvCzech
  • SchnauzbarthaiGerman
  • viiksikoirahaiFinnish
  • ヒゲドチザメJapanese
  • SnorvaalhaaiDutch
  • Tubarão-de-bigodePortuguese
  • Усатая кунья акулаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the snakey

Other species in the same family Triakidae.

CR, Critically Endangered
School shark (Galeorhinus galeus)

School shark

Galeorhinus galeus

Triakidae

Smoothhound

Mustelus mustelus

TriakidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the snakey?

The snakey (Furgaleus macki) belongs to the family Triakidae in the order Carcharhiniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Snakey (Furgaleus macki). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/snakey

MLA

“Snakey (Furgaleus macki).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/snakey.

BibTeX
@misc{snakey_2026,
  title = {Snakey (Furgaleus macki)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/snakey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}