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Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Apristurus: a-, Latin privative, i.e., without; pristis, from pristes (Gr.), sawyer (but here meaning saw); oura (Gr.), tail, referring to absence of saw-toothed crest of enlarged dermal denticles along upper edge of caudal fin as found in the closely related Pristiurus (=Galeus) (See ETYFish); microps: micro-, from mikros (Gr.), small; ops (Gr.), eye, described as having the smallest eyes in its original genus, Scyliorhinus (Scyliorhinidae) (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / نطاق العمق / distribution range
البيئة
بحري قاعية المعيشة; نطاق العمق 1000 - 2200 m (Ref. 55584). Deep-water; 67°N - 38°S
Southeast Atlantic: off the Orange River to Cape Agulhas, South Africa. Elsewhere known from the North Atlantic.
الحجم / وزن / العمر
النضج: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 5578); 43.2 cm TL (female)
وصف مختصر
مفاتيح التعريف | الوصف الخارجي | قياسات المظهر الخارجي
الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع) : 0; شوكة شرجية: 0. A stout, plain catshark with small eyes, a long thick and broad snout, and long labial furrows; mouth projecting well in front of eyes; pectoral fins very short (Ref. 5578). Uniformly black or dark to medium brown or grey; no markings (Ref. 5578).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found on the continental slope, on or near the bottom (Ref. 244). Feeds on small bony fish, shrimp, squid, and possibly other sharks (Ref. 5578). Oviparous (Ref. 50449).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Oviparous (Ref. 5578). Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
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 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
استخدامات بشرية
مصائد: غير ذات اهمية
أدوات
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مصادر علي الأنترنت
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (مرجع
123201): 3 - 6.1, mean 3.7 °C (based on 57 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (مرجع
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00355 (0.00175 - 0.00721), b=3.08 (2.90 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (مرجع
69278): 3.8 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
المرونه (مرجع
120179): منخفظ جدا, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع أكثر من 14 سنة (Fec assumed to be <10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 10.9 [1.9, 65.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.36 [0.08, 1.25] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [16.6, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.249 [0.094, 0.654] g/100g; Selenium = 16.7 [5.1, 56.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.45 [1.27, 30.69] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.319 [0.159, 0.597] mg/100g (wet weight);
