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Deania quadrispinosa (McCulloch, 1915)

Longsnout dogfish
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Common names: Longsnout dogfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: of no interest | Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Port Hedland, Western Australia and then from Perth, Western Australia eastward to Tasmania and Moreton I. in Queensland (Ref. 6871). Catches not in sufficient quantities to be of interest to fisheries (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 247, 7300, 26346, 31367, 127228.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
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Common names from other countries

Squale-savate à long nez, Koonuk-nokkhai, Langsnuitsnavelhaai, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks)
Etymology: Deania: -ia (Gr.), belonging to: American ichthyologist Bashford Dean (1867-1928), American Museum of Natural History, for his research on selachian fishes. (See ETYFish);  quadrispinosa: quadri-, from quattuor (L.), four; spinosa (L.), thorny, referring to four-spined dermal denticles. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 150 - 1360 m (Ref. 44037), usually 400 - 820 m (Ref. 6871).   Deep-water; 9°S - 54°S, 12°E - 172°W (Ref. 54349)

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