 A stoutly built shark growing up to long, the graceful shark has a short, wedge-shaped snout, large, sickle-shaped pectoral fins and first dorsal fin, and black tips on most fins.Graceful sharks prey mainly on bony fishes, and to a much lesser extent on cephalopods and crustaceans.It is viviparous, with females bearing litters of up to 9 pups following a 9– to 10-month gestation period.