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| | FAO Names | | En - Sailfin roughshark, Fr - Humantin, Sp - Cerdo marino velero. |
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3Alpha Code: OXN Taxonomic Code: 1090500602 |
| Scientific Name with Original Description | | | Oxynotus paradoxus Frade, 1929, Bull. Soc.Portugaise Sci.Nat., 10(22):22, fig. 1. Holotype: In Museu Bocage, Lisbon, apparently lost in a fire that destroyed the museum. Type Locality: Off Morocco. |
| Diagnostic Features
| | fieldmarks: Short, blunt snout, high, sail-like dorsal fins with spines, no anal fin, first dorsal spine inclined backward, high, thick, triangular body with large, rough denticles, lanceolate upper teeth, lower bladelike teeth in less than 12 rows, blackish coloration.
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Spiracle small and circular. Supraorbital ridges not greatly expanded and not forming a knob in front of spiracles.
Apices of dorsal fins narrowly triangular, posterior margins strongly concave; first dorsal spine inclined backward.
Blackish or dark brown, without prominent markings.
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| Geographical Distribution | |
| | Eastern North Atlantic: Atlantic slope from Scotland to Senegal. |
| Habitat and Biology | | An uncommon deepwater bottom shark found on the Atlantic continental slope,at depths from 265 to 720 m. Moderately abundant off British Isles.
Ovoviviparous.
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| Size | | | Maximum total length about 118 cm; size at birth about 25 cm. |
| Interest to Fisheries | |
Global Capture production for
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Caught in bottom trawls.
Used for fishmeal.Uncommon as a bycatch of offshore trawling fleets.
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| Source of Information | | | FAO species catalogue Vol.4. Sharks of the world. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. Compagno, L.J.V.1984FAO Fisheries Synopsis.
, (125) Vol.4, Part 1. |
Bibliography Cadenat & Blache, 1981 Maurin & Bonnet, 1970 Norman, 1932 Wheeler, 1978 |
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