Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Squaliformes

Family: Etmopteridae

Genus: Etmopterus

Species: Etmopterus polli Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on the upper continental slopes. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). Utilized dried salted for human consumption and for fishmeal.

Habitat

bathydemersal