Global Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters. View Map
BIOLOGICAL FEATURES
Size: Maximum length 482 cm (total length); common length 300 cm (TL); maximum published weight: 590.0 kg.
Age:
Weight length rel.:
Growth type:
von Bertallanfy growth parameters:
Reproduction: Ovoviviparous, with 22 to 108 pups in a litter.
Maturity: range 400 - 482 cm
Behavioural ecology: Found on the bottom by day, moving to the surface at night to feed.
Population structure & migrations:
ECOLOGICAL FEATURES
Depth range: FishBase: 1 - 2500 m, usually 180 - 1100.
Habitat: Bathydemersal. A deepwater species of the outer continental and insular shelves and upper slopes. Near bottom, occasionally pelagic, adults usually below 91 m. Juveniles may be found close inshore.
Feeding habits: Feeds on a wide range of marine organisms, including other sharks, rays, chimaeras, bony fish, squids, crabs, shrimps, carrion, and even seals.
Trophic level: FishBase: 4.3
FISHERIES
Commercial interest:
Conservation status: Global: Near threatened.
Europe: Least concern.
IUCN (2014). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. www.iucnredlist.org
Nieto A., Ralph G.M., Comeros-Raynal M.T., Kemp J., GarcÃa Criado M., Allen D.J., Dulvy N.K., Walls R.H.L., Russell B., Pollard D., GarcÃa S., Craig M., Collette B.B., Pollom R., Biscoito M., Labbish Chao N., Abella A., Afonso P., Ãlvarez H., Carpenter K.E., Clò S., Cook R., Costa M.J., Delgado J., Dureuil M., Ellis J.R., Farrell E.D., Fernandes P., Florin A-B., Fordham S., Fowle, S., Gil de Sola L., Gil Herrera J., Goodpaster A., Harvey M., Heessen H., Herler J., Jung A., Karmovskaya E., Keskin C., Knudsen S.W., Kobyliansky S., KovaÄić M., Lawson J.M., Lorance P., McCully Phillips S., Munroe T., Nedreaas K., Nielsen J., Papaconstantinou C., Polidoro B., Pollock C.M., Rijnsdorp A.D., Sayer C., Scott J., Serena F., Smith-Vaniz W.F., Soldo A., Stump E., Williams J.T. (2015). Europen Red List of Marine Fishes. IUCN and European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 90 pp.
