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Etmopteridae
Combtooth dogfish
Centroscyllium nigrum
Hunting fish and invertebrates along island slopes
- White
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Large
White
Regional distribution
LargeCombtooth dogfish is known around Eastern Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 51 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Dogfish Sharks
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Centroscyllium
- Maximum length
- 51 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands, southern California (USA), Panama, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Colombia, Ecuador, northern and central Chile, and the Galapagos Islands. Has been confused with Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) and Centroscyllium granulatum (Günther, 1887), but is quite distinct.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Water
Conservation status
