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Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa, du, Bocage, de, Brito & Capello, 1864)

Longnose velvet dogfish
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Namibia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale, 1989
Importance: of no interest | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale, 1989
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs throughout Namibia. Caught mainly in bottom trawls (Ref. 27121). A bycatch of the deep-water fishery (Ref. 36731). Also Ref. 247, 6577, 11228, 54854.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Pailona à long nez, Sapata negra, Акула длинноносая белоглазая, ... more

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

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks)
Etymology: Centroselachus: centr[um] (L.), prickle or sharp point, referring to spines on both dorsal fins; selachos (Gr.), a cartilaginous fish (i.e., shark or ray). (See ETYFish);  crepidater: crepida (L.), low shoe (e.g., slipper); ater (L.), black, transliteration of Portuguese vernacular sapata preta, black shoe, allusion not explained, possibly referring to superficial resemblance to a black velvet slipper [see also Deania calceus, Centrophoridae]. (See ETYFish).

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 230 - 1500 m (Ref. 26346).   Deep-water; 64°N - 57°S, 77°W - 159°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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