Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Squaliformes

Family: Etmopteridae

Genus: Etmopterus

Species: Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). Feeds on small sharks, squids and myctophids.

Habitat

oceanic