Description: A deepwater shark with a short thick snout, and huge iridescent green eyes. Lower teeth much larger than upper teeth. High rough leaf-shaped lateral trunk denticles. Two dorsal fins with large grooved spines. Grey, brown or reddifhs brown above, usually similar below. Fins may be darker than the body but without prominent markings.
Global Distribution: Eastern Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. View Map
Nutritional information & food safety:
Proximate composition per 100 g:
energy value 94.3 kcal (4.7% DRV)
protein 20.0 g (40.0% DRV)
fat 0.99 g (1.4% DRV)
of which saturates 0.201 g (1.0% DRV)
omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids 0.462 g
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Direcção Regional de Pescas, Madeira.
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