Proscymnodon macracanthus
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
CHONDRICHTHYES |
SQUALIFORMES |
SOMNIOSIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Proscymnodon macracanthus |
| Species Authority: |
(Regan, 1906) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Largespine Velvet Dogfish |
| French |
– |
Pailona Jume |
| Spanish |
– |
Sapata Espinuda |
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| Synonym/s: |
Etmopterus paessleri Lönnberg, 1907
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Data Deficient
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2004 |
| Assessor/s: |
Leandro, L. (SSG South America Regional Workshop, June 2003) |
| Reviewer/s: |
Kyne, P.M., Cavanagh, R.D. & Fowler, S.L. (Shark Red List Authority) |
Justification:
Proscymnodon macracanthus is a deepwater dogfish known only from the holotype collected at an unrecorded depth from the Straits of Magellan, Chile. Holotype was 68 cm total length (TL), but species may attain a larger size. Nothing known of its biology. Probably of little interest to fisheries, but insufficient information to assess this species beyond Data Deficient.
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
Known only from the holotype collected at an unrecorded depth from the Straits of Magellan, Chile.
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| Countries: |
Native:
Chile (Magellanes)
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Pacific – southeast
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| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Known only from the holotype collected from the Straits of Magellan (depth unrecorded). Holotype was 68 cm total length (TL) (species may attain a larger size). Nothing known of the biology of this deepwater dogfish (Compagno, in prep. a).
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| Systems: |
Marine |
| Major Threat(s): |
Of no interest to fisheries at present (Compagno, in prep. a)
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