Birdbeak dogfish
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| Deania calcea (Lowe, 1839) |
The birdbeak dogfish, Deania calcea, is a dogfish shark of the family Deania found in the Pacific Ocean around Honshū, Japan, Southern Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, and in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland south to the Cape of Good Hope.
The birdbeak dogfish has a very long narrow snout, no anal fin, two long and low dorsal fins with grooved spines, small rectangular pectoral fins, and pitchfork-like denticles. It lives at depths of between 73 and 1,450 m. It is ovoviviparous with up to twelve pups per litter. It eats bony fish and shrimp.
[edit] References
- Stevens (2003). Deania calcea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Deania calcea (TSN 160742). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 23 January 2006.
- FAO Species Catalogue Volume 4 Parts 1 and 2 Sharks of the World
- "Deania calcea". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 09 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
