Classification / Names
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) >
Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) >
Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)
Etymology: Squalus: Genus name from Latin 'squalus' meaning shark (Ref. 6885, 27436).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 900 - 1000 m (Ref. 130122). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Réunion.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 73.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130122)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 112. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: snout short, preorbital length 8.2% of total length (TL), prenarial length in inner nostril-narial furrow space 0.86; body very high, with abdomen height 16.4% of TL, head height in trunk height 0.5; dorsal fin begin vertical above posterior lobes of pectoral fin; second dorsal fin at the middle between anal and caudal fins; first and second dorsal-fin spines are long, the first 5.8% of TL and second 5.3% of TL; flank denticles are tricuspid; vertebrae, monospondylous 37, precaudal 86, caudal 26, total 112; upper caudal-fin lobe broad; caudal fin distally with a narrow, light grey margin (Ref. 130122).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fricke, R., P. Durville, G. Potin and T. Mulochau, 2023. Squalus longispinis, a new species of spurdog (Elasmobranchii: Squalidae) from La Réunion, southwestern Indian Ocean. Taxa (Journal of Taxonomy and Systematics) 2:1-21. (Ref. 130122)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00347 (0.00165 - 0.00730), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
