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Deania quadrispinosum (Longsnout dogfish)
(McCulloch, 1915)
Life
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Centrophoridae
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Deania quadrispinosum (Longsnout dogfish)) [Illustration
by Ann Hecht ©] |
Identification
A brownish-grey long-nosed dogfish with a
short, high 1st dorsal fin and no subcaudal keel.
Size
To 1.1 m TL.
Range
Namibia, Algoa Bay, Natal and southern Mozambique, possibly
entire coast.
Habitat
Upper slope at 275-640 m depth.
Biology
Poorly known, feeds on bony fish.
Human Impact
Probably a sporadic
catch of hake trawlers.
Text by Leonard J.V. Compagno, David A. Ebert
and Malcolm J. Smale
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