Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Tetraodontiformes
Perciformes/Cottoidei
Saccopharyngiformes
Ateleopodiformes
Pleuronectiformes
Beloniformes
Hexanchiformes
Acipenseriformes
Gonorynchiformes
Ovalentaria/misc
Eupercaria/misc
Albuliformes
Osteoglossiformes
Petromyzontiformes
Gobiiformes
Chimaeriformes
Ophidiiformes
Orectolobiformes
Syngnathiformes
Gobiesociformes
Rhinopristiformes
Lampriformes
Polypteriformes
Heterodontiformes
Squaliformes
Esociformes
Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Perciformes/Serranoidei
Holocentriformes
Carcharhiniformes

Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Squaliformes

Family: Etmopteridae

Genus: Etmopterus

Species: Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Climate Zone

bathydemersal

Location

Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, Norway, and the western Mediterranean to Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire to Nigeria, Cameroon to Gabon, Azores, Cape Verde, and Cape Province, South Africa (Ref. 247).

Biology

Found on the outer continental shelves and upper slopes. Feeds on small fishes, squids, and crustaceans. Ovoviviparous, with number of young from 6 to 20 in a litter. Utilized for fishmeal and prepared dried salted for human consumption. Depth range reported at 70m-2000m in Ref. 35388.

Habitat

bathydemersal