Centroscyllium kamoharai

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Sleeper sharks ; Found on the continental slope [1]. Little is known of its biology ; presumably ovoviviparous[1].

Common Names

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Description

Family Dalatiidae

Distribution: Antarctic to Arctic , Northern and Southern Hemisperes, coastal and oceanic . Includes four subfamilies (Etmopterinae, Somniosinae, Oxynotinae, and Dalatiinae). Except in Etmopterinae , most members without spines in dorsal fin; luminous organs present (except in Somniosus pacificus), appearing as black dots mainly on ventral surface. Etmopterinae has grooved spines in both dorsal fins, caudal fin with subterminal notch . Oxynotinae has very high, and compressed body, triangular in cross section ; dorsal fins very high, each with a spine[2]. The subfamilies are sometimes separated as independent families by various authors : Oxynotidae[3]; Somniosidae (dorsal fins without spines, first dorsal fin originating in front of pelvic fins but much closer to pectoral fins) and Etmopteridae (dorsal fin with spines, teeth with prominent central cusp flanked by one or two smaller cusplets )[4] . Dalatiidae has dorsal fins without spines, first dorsal fin originating in front of pelvic fins but much closer to pelvic fins[4].The family Dalatiidae belongs to the Class Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays ) and the Order Squaliformes. It contains 18 genera and 49 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are bearers. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Etymology of this family name : Greek, dalos, -ou = torch

Habitat

May be found at depths of 730 to 1200 meters. Usually found at depths of 900 to 1200 meters.

Biome: Saltwater . Bathydemersal .

Ecology: Habitat : on or near bottom on continental and insular slopes and seamounts , depth range 500 to 1,200 m. A little-known deepwater dogfish. Matures at 40 to 45 cm, maximum length 60 cm, litters of 3 to 22 pups , average 12. No seasonal reproductive cycle, no information on annual fecundity , gestation period , age at maturity or longevity . Like other deepwater dogfishes, this species likely has a very low resilience to depletion and a low intrinsic rate of population increase, hence highly vulnerable to bycatch in deepwater fisheries.


List of Habitats:9.1Marine Neritic - Pelagic 10.1Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Compagno L.J.V., Data last modified by FishBase 25-Jun-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Centroscyllium

There are approximately 12 species in this genus:

C. excelsum (Highfin Dogfish) · C. fabricci · C. fabrici · C. fabricii (Black Dogfish) · C. granulatum (Granular Dogfish) · C. nigrum · C. kamoharai (Bareskin Dogfish) · C. nigrum (Pacific Black Dogfish) · C. ornatum (Ornate Dogfish) · C. retteri · C. ritteri (Whitefin Dogfish) · C. ruscosum

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Further Reading

• Compagno, L.J.V. In prep. a. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the shark species known to date. Volume 1. (Hexanchiformes, Squaliformes, Squatiniformes and Pristiophoriformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes No. 1, Vol.1. FAO, Rome.
• Compagno, Leonard J. V. 1984. Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy.
• Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter (1994). SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p.
• Daley, R., Stevens, J. and Graham, K. 2002. Catch analysis and productivity of the deepwater dogfish resource in southern Australia. Report by CSIRO Marine Research and NSW Fisheries to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. FRDC Project 1998/108.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Fritzsch, B. and P. Moller (1995). A history of electroreception. p. 39-55. In P. Moller, Electric Fishes: history and behavior. Fish and Fisheries series 17. Chapman & Hall, London.
• Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens (1994). Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p.
• Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984). The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1 (text). Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text), 370 pls.
• Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley (1989). Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
• Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
• Compagno, Leonard J.V. (from FishBase).
• FishBase 2006.
• Fowler, S. 2003. Centroscyllium kamoharai. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Fowler, S.L. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003) 2003. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2489484
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29325
• Fishbase Species ID: 658
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13743570
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 160708
• IUCN ID: 41746
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106167

Footnotes

1. Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens (1994). Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. [back]
2. Wheeler, A. (1977). Das grosse Buch der Fische. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co. Stuttgart. 356 p. [back]
3. Compagno, L.J.V. (1984). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. (125, Vol. 4, Part 1), 249 p. [back]
4. Ebert, D.A. (2003). Sharks, rays and chimaeras of California. California Natural History Guides No. 71. University of California Press, 284pp. [back]

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