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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Bramble, sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Dalatiidae (Sleeper sharks)
Etymology: Euprotomicroides: Greek, eu = good + greek, protos = the first + Greek, mikros = small + suffix oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 195 - 205 m (Ref. 58839). Subtropical; 30°S - 37°S

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 247)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0. A small, compressed dogfish shark with a blunt snout, ear-shaped pectoral fins, and gill slits increasing greatly in width from front to back; cloaca area with a large luminous gland not found in other sharks (Ref. 5578). Brown with black underparts (Ref. 6577); fin margins conspicuously white (Ref. 5578).

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Southeast Atlantic: off Cape Town, South Africa. Southwest Atlantic: off Uruguay and Argentina (Ref. 58839).

Probably oceanic but also near the upper slope (Ref. 5578). The holotype was caught in a bottom trawl between 457 and 640 m, a second specimen was collected in the open ocean near the surface at less than 25 m (Ref. 247, 5578). Food unknown but the powerful jaws and sharp teeth suggest that this species can take relatively large prey (Ref. 247). Probably ovoviviparous with few young (Ref. 247).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborators

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(4/1):1-249. Rome: FAO.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)

Data deficient (DD)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 1.0010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00365 (-0.20942 - 0.21673), b=3.12 (3.00 - 3.24), based on LWR estimates for this family-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 4.3 ±0.6 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Euprotomicroides zantedeschia Hulley & Penrith, 1966