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Hooktooth dogfish






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Hooktooth dogfish

Conservation status


Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Aculeola
F. de Buen, 1959
Species:
A. nigra
Binomial name
Aculeola nigra

F. de Buen, 1959

Range of hooktooth dogfish (in blue)

The hooktooth dogfish, Aculeola nigra, is a small, little-known dogfish, the only member of the genus Aculeola.

The type specimen is held at the National Natural History Museum, Santiago, Chile.

Description

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The hooktooth dogfish has a blunt, flattened snout, very large eyes, a relatively long distance from the eye to the first gill slit, small grooved dorsal spines, a first dorsal fin about halfway between the pectoral and pelvic fins, and a broad caudal fin. They are black with a maximum length of only 60 cm.

Distribution

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They are found in the eastern South Pacific along the coast of South America from Peru to central Chile.

Habits and habitat

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This shark is a little-known, yet common, shark that lives at depths between 110 and 560 m. They are ovoviviparous, with at least three pups per litter. They probably eat bony fish and invertebrates.

References

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  1. ^ Ebert, D.A.; Concha, F.; Acuña, E.; Herman, K.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Aculeola nigra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44653A124437350. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44653A124437350.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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