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Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899

Description

Common Names

  • كلب البحر أسنان مشطِية , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Kamtandet sorthaj , Danish , Denmark
  • Krultandlantaarnhaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Combtooth dogfish , English , Global
  • Granular dogfish , English , USA
  • Pacific black dogfish , English , Global
  • Kammhamb-okishai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Aiguillat peigne , French , Global
  • Loche , French , New Caledonia
  • Loche à hexagone , French , New Caledonia
  • 白印霞鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白印霞鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白印霞鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tarao , Rapa , French Polynesia
  • Tiburón , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Tollo negro , Spanish , Mexico
  • Tollo negro peine , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Squaliformes

    Family: Etmopteridae

    Genus: Centroscyllium

    Species: Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899

    Climate Zone

  • benthopelagic

    • Location

  • Eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands, southern California (USA), Panama, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Colombia, Ecuador, northern and central Chile, and the Galapagos Islands. Has been confused with Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) and Centroscyllium granulatum (Günther, 1887), but is quite distinct.

    • Biology

    A little-known deepwater dogfish found on the continental and insular slopes. Incidentally caught in sablefish (Anoplopoma) traps but not utilized. Feeds chiefly on other fishes and invertebrates (Ref. 28023). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic