WoRMS taxon details
Pseudotriakidae Gill, 1893
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Big deep-water bottom-dwelling shark of the continental and insular slopes from 200 to 1500 m. Found in all oceans from...
Description Big deep-water bottom-dwelling shark of the continental and insular slopes from 200 to 1500 m. Found in all oceans from Madagascar to Taiwan and Hawaii, and to Iceland. A large, bulky, dar-brown, soft-bodied shark with elongated, catlike eyes and nictitating eyelids, large spiracles, a huge, wide, angular mouth that reaches behind eyes, very short labial furrows, numerous small cuspidate teeth in 200 or more rows in each jaw. Two large spineless dorsal fins and an anal fin, the first dorsal fin being low, long and keel-like. Caudal fin with a strong ventral lobe. Ovoviviparous, with litters of 2 to possibly 4 young. Probably feeds on a variety of deepwater bony fishes, elasmobranchs and invertebrates. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Pseudotriakidae Gill, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105692 on 2023-12-11
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
From other sources
Description Big deep-water bottom-dwelling shark of the continental and insular slopes from 200 to 1500 m. Found in all oceans from Madagascar to Taiwan and Hawaii, and to Iceland. A large, bulky, dar-brown, soft-bodied shark with elongated, catlike eyes and nictitating eyelids, large spiracles, a huge, wide, angular mouth that reaches behind eyes, very short labial furrows, numerous small cuspidate teeth in 200 or more rows in each jaw. Two large spineless dorsal fins and an anal fin, the first dorsal fin being low, long and keel-like. Caudal fin with a strong ventral lobe. Ovoviviparous, with litters of 2 to possibly 4 young. Probably feeds on a variety of deepwater bony fishes, elasmobranchs and invertebrates. [details]
