Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Squaliformes

Family: Oxynotidae

Genus: Oxynotus

Species: Oxynotus paradoxus Frade, 1929

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on the continental slope (Ref. 247; shallow depth from Ref. 35388. Probably feeds on small bottom invertebrates and fishes. Ovoviviparous.

Habitat

bathydemersal