Caribbean roughshark
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| Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón, 1961 |
The Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found on the upper continental slopes of the Caribbean Sea, at depths of between 400 and 450 m. It reaches a length of about 50 cm.
The Caribbean roughshark is ovoviviparous, but virtually nothing is known about its biology.
It feeds mainly on fish and bottom invertebrates.
[edit] References
- "Oxynotus caribbaeus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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