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Deania calceus (Lowe, 1839)

Birdbeak dogfish
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Shovelnose dogfish, Shovelnose spiny dogfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Doonan, I.J., M. Dunn and A.C. Hart, 2009
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Chathams Island (Ref. 45493). Moderately common in some areas around New Zealand in depths 500-800 m (Ref. 9258). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755). Also Ref. 247, 6871, 75154.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cox, G. and M. Francis, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Squale savate, Tollo pajarito, كلب البحر أخرق, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (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);  calceus: Latin for shoe, from the Portuguese vernacular sapata for this and other squaliform sharks, e.g., Centroselachus crepidater, Somniosidae; also known as sapata branca, white shoe, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to how its gray-white body with a long snout resembles a velvet slipper [often misspelled calcea]. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Lowe.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 60 - 1490 m (Ref. 26346), usually 400 - 1400 m (Ref. 10717).   Deep-water; 70°N - 56°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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