Oxynotus caribbaeus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Chondrichthyes	Squaliformes	Oxynotidae

Scientific Name:

Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón, 1961

Common Name(s):

English	–	Caribbean Roughshark
French	–	Centrine Antillaise
Spanish	–	Tiburón Ojinoto

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Date Assessed:	2004-04-30
Annotations:	Needs updating
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: Oxynotus caribbaeus is a rare, small, deepwater benthic shark recorded from the Gulf of Mexico and Venezuela on the upper continental slope at depths of 402 to 457 m. Attains a maximum size of at least 49 cm total length (TL) but virtually nothing known about its biology. This species is not known to be of interest to fisheries at present. Insufficient information available to assess the species beyond Data Deficient.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:

Recorded from the Gulf of Mexico and Venezuela.

Countries occurrence:

Native:

Mexico; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

FAO Marine Fishing Areas:

Native:

Atlantic – western central

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Current Population Trend:

Unknown

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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A rare, small, deepwater benthic shark found on the upper continental slope at depths of 402 to 457 m. Virtually nothing known about its biology. Attains a maximum size of at least 49 cm total length (TL). Immature specimens of both males and females examined at 20 to 21 cm TL (Compagno, in prep. a).
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is not known to be of interest to fisheries at present (Compagno, in prep. a). Compagno (in prep. a) writes: "Oxynotids are of limited interest to fisheries, as these sharks are a relatively uncommon bycatch of bottom and pelagic trawl fisheries and to the writer's knowledge are not sufficiently abundant and concentrated to be targeted to any extent". Utilization Compagno (in prep. a) writes: "Where utilized (Eastern North Atlantic) [oxynotids] are mostly processed for fish meal and oil, but also are prepared smoked and dried-salted for human consumption".

Major Threat(s):

This species is not known to be of interest to fisheries at present (Compagno, in prep. a).

Compagno (in prep. a) writes: "Oxynotids are of limited interest to fisheries, as these sharks are a relatively uncommon bycatch of bottom and pelagic trawl fisheries and to the writer's knowledge are not sufficiently abundant and concentrated to be targeted to any extent".

Utilization
Compagno (in prep. a) writes: "Where utilized (Eastern North Atlantic) [oxynotids] are mostly processed for fish meal and oil, but also are prepared smoked and dried-salted for human consumption".

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No conservation measures are known to be in place for this species.

Conservation Actions:

No conservation measures are known to be in place for this species.

Citation:	Leandro, L. (SSG South America Regional Workshop, June 2003). 2004. Oxynotus caribbaeus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44568A10907800. . Downloaded on 24 October 2017.
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