Deania
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| Deania Fossil range: Early Miocene to Present[1] |
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Deania is a genus of long-snouted, deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae.
[edit] Species
- Birdbeak dogfish, Deania calcea (Lowe, 1839)
- Rough longnose dogfish, Deania hystricosa (Garman, 1906)
- Arrowhead dogfish, Deania profundorum (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
- Longsnout dogfish, Deania quadrispinosum (McCulloch, 1915)
[edit] References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.
- "Deania". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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