Description

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Common Names

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كلب البحر مُزيَّن , Arabic , Saudi Arabia

Sierlijke lantaarnhaai , Dutch , Netherlands

Ornate dogfish , English , Global

Ehis-okishai , Estonian , Estonia

Aiguillat élégant , French , Global

印度洋霞鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China

印度洋霞鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

印度洋霞鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Tollo negro elegante , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Squaliformes

Family: Etmopteridae

Genus: Centroscyllium

Species: Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock, 1889)

Climate Zone

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bathydemersal

Location

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Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Biology

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A little-known deepwater dogfish found on the upper continental slopes. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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bathydemersal