Jem'Hadar
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- Appearance: Reptilian; pebbled skin, horned facial ridges
- Dominion subject race
- Biological notes
- Genetically dependent on ketracel-white to ensure obedience to Vorta
- Innate capability to shroud oneself, becoming invisible to most forms of vision (DS9: "The Jem'Hadar", "To the Death", "Rocks and Shoals")
- White-withdrawal impedes ability to shroud (DS9: "Rocks and Shoals")
- Wholly male; reproduction only via technological creche
- Cultural notes
- Kar'takin (DS9: "To the Death", "Sons and Daughters"; DS9 Novel: Avatar, Book Two)
- Traditional hand-to-hand weapon
- Short polearm with a sharp bladed tip, for both slashing and stabbing
- Kar'takin (DS9: "To the Death", "Sons and Daughters"; DS9 Novel: Avatar, Book Two)