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Heteroscymnoides marleyi Fowler, 1934

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. A cylindrical, dwarf dogfish shark with a long bulbous snout, small round eyes, and small gill slits; caudal fin paddle-shaped (Ref. 5578). Dark brown with conspicuous light-edged fins (Ref. 5578). Ventral surface covered with minute photophores (Ref. 6577).

Common Names

  • قِرش قزميّ طويل الأنف , Arabic , Saudi Arabia
  • Langnæset pygmæhaj , Danish , Denmark
  • Langsnuitdwerghaai , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Longnose pygmy shark , English , Global
  • Kääbikhai , Estonian , Estonia
  • Squale mignon , French , Global
  • Squale mignone , French , France
  • 白边似异鳞角鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白邊似異鱗角鯊 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 长吻侏儒异鳞角鲨 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tollo pigmeo trompudo , Spanish , Spain
  • Tollo pigmeo troumpudo , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Squaliformes

    Family: Dalatiidae

    Genus: Heteroscymnoides

    Species: Heteroscymnoides marleyi Fowler, 1934

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Probably oceanic (Ref. 5578). The holotype was caught off a beach, but a second specimen was taken in the Atlantic at night between the surface and 502 m (Ref. 247). Food unknown but may subsist on pelagic fish and invertebrates (Ref. 247). Probably ovoviviparous with very few young (Ref. 247).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic