Description: A small deepwater shark with an extremely long, flat snout, and huge iridescent green or yellow eyes. Large pitchfork-shaped denticles make the skin extremely rough. Very long and low first dorsal fin. No subcaudal keel on caudal peduncle, and no anal fin. Very dark brown or grey in colour; fins slightly darker.
Global Distribution: Central Eastern Atlantic: Madeira. Northwest Pacific: Japan.
BIOLOGICAL FEATURES
Size: Maximum length: male 84.0 cm (total length); female 109.0 cm (TL).
Reproduction: Ovoviviparous. Size of litter not known but a female with 12 large eggs suggests moderate-sized litters.
Maturity:
Behavioural ecology:
Population structure & migrations:
ECOLOGICAL FEATURES
Depth range: FishBase: 600 - 1000 m.
Canary Islands (Brito et al. 2002): 600 - 1300 m.
Habitat: Bathydemersal. Found on the insular slopes.
Feeding habits:
Trophic level: FishBase: 4.5
FISHERIES
Commercial interest: Minor commercial species. By-catch of the longline black scabbardfish fishery in Madeira
Conservation status: Global: Data deficient.
Europe: Data deficient.
Nutritional information & food safety:
REFERENCES
Brito A., Pascual P.J., Falcón J.M., Sancho A., González G. (2002). Peces de las islas Canarias. Catálogo comentado e ilustrado. Francisco Lemos Editor, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 418 pp.
Direcção Regional de Pescas, Madeira.
Ebert D.A., Stehmann M.F.W. (2013). Sharks, batoids, and chimaeras of the North Atlantic. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, No. 7. FAO, Rome, 523 pp.
IUCN (2014). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. www.iucnredlist.org
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