“…Various functions of denticles have been suggested, including protection from parasites and abrasion (Raschi & Tabit, 1992), defense (Raschi & Tabit, 1992), focusing bioluminescent signals (Reif, 1985b), and even holding prey against the body during feeding (Southall & Sims, 2003). Substantial effort has also been directed toward studying the hydrodynamic properties of denticles which have been proposed to include both drag reduction (Bechert, Hoppe, & Reif, 1985; Fernandez‐Waid et al, 2019; Lang, Motta, Hidalgo, & Westcott, 2008; Reif, 1985a), and lift and thrust enhancement (Domel et al, 2018; Oeffner & Lauder, 2012; Wen, Weaver, & Lauder, 2014). Hydrodynamic testing of flexible and rigid foils covered with 3D‐printed biomimetic denticles has provided a better understanding of shark skin hydrodynamics (Domel et al, 2018; Domel, Saadat, et al, 2018; Wen, Weaver, Thornycroft, & Lauder, 2015), but we still lack an understanding of how denticle morphology is related to the flow regime on different areas of the shark body surface.…”