Description

Snout conical and bulbous, tip rounded. Eyes large and ovoid, nictitating membrane absent. Body color uniform chocolate brown, all fins except pectorals with thin dark edging along posterior margin.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Lamniformes

Family: Odontaspididae

Genus: Odontaspis

Species: Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955)

Climate Zone

Biology

A deepwater shark inhabiting the continental and insular slopes (Ref. 50449, 58302). Pelagic (Ref. 58302). Ovoviviparous, embryos feeding on yolk sac and other ova produced by the mother (Ref. 50449). Feeding habits unknown.

Habitat

oceanic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless