Sailfin roughshark
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| Species: | S. paradoxus
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| Squalus paradoxus Frade, 1929
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The sailfin roughshark, Squalus paradoxus, is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found in the eastern Atlantic from Scotland to Senegal between latitudes 41° N and 11° N, at depths of between 265 and 720 m. Its length is up to 1.2 m.
The sailfin roughshark probably feeds on small bottom invertebrates and fishes.
Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Squalus paradoxus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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