Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Family: Proscylliidae

Genus: Eridacnis

Species: Eridacnis barbouri (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on the upper continental and insular slopes. Probably feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods. Ovoviviparous, with two young in a litter. Size at birth over 10 cm.

Habitat

bathydemersal