Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae Gulper sharks

Genus: Deania

(See list of species below)


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4 species (see list below)
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Photo by Gomez, R.

East Atlantic
Max. Length 127 cm TL
Deania calceus (Lowe, 1839)

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Deania calceus
[Birdbeak dogfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 109 cm TL
Deania hystricosa (Garman, 1906)

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Deania hystricosa
[Rough longnose dogfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 110 cm TL
Deania profundorum (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

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Deania profundorum
[Arrowhead dogfish]

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Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 115 cm TL
Deania quadrispinosa (McCulloch, 1915)

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Deania quadrispinosa
[Longsnout dogfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Deania calceus Birdbeak dogfish East Atlantic 127 TL 1839
Deania hystricosa Rough longnose dogfish Northeast Atlantic 109 TL 1906
Deania profundorum Arrowhead dogfish Northwest Atlantic 110 TL 1912
Deania quadrispinosa Longsnout dogfish Southeast Atlantic 115 TL 1915



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