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Centrophoridae
arrowhead dogfish
Deania profundorum
A pointed rostrum hunts bottom and midwater fishes
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- North America
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Large
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Largearrowhead dogfish is a marine fish of Northwest Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 110 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Dogfish Sharks
- Family
- Centrophoridae
- Genus
- Deania
- Maximum length
- 110 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Northwest Atlantic: North Carolina, USA. Eastern Atlantic: West Sahara to Senegal, Nigeria, Gabon to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia and South Africa (Ref. 5578 ). Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (Ref. 85183 ). Western Central Pacific: Philippines.
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
