Snake shark
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Whimpering shark ( Centrophorus granulosus ) |
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The snake shark ( Centrophorus granulosus ) or rough dogfish belongs to the order of the dogfish-like (Squaliformes) and to the family of the Centrophoridae .
anatomy
Stranglers reach a maximum length of 1.60 meters. They are gray-brown in color, the underside is light, the eyes are green. Thorns sit in front of the two dorsal fins. Like almost all species of the Squalea , they lack the anal fin.
The teeth of the upper jaw are small with a point, those of the lower jaw are larger, the point is oblique, the edges are sawn.
behavior
The sharks live individually or in larger shoals, separated by size and perhaps sex.
distribution
The barking shark lives worldwide in the Atlantic , Pacific , Indian and the entire Mediterranean . Stranglers prefer to stay on the seabed of the continental slopes at depths of 100 to 1400 meters.
Diet
Bone fish , smaller cartilaginous fish, crustaceans , cephalopods and carrion are eaten by the animals.
Reproduction
Stranglers are viviparous. You get one cub per litter.
literature
- Alessandro de Maddalena, Harald Bänsch: Sharks in the Mediterranean. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-440-10458-3 .
Web links
- Schlinghai on Fishbase.org (English)
- Centrophorus granulosus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Guallart, J., Serena, F., Mancusi, C., Casper, BM, Burgess, GH, Ebert, DA, Clarke, M. & Stenberg, C., 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2013.