FAMILY Details for Echinorhinidae

Family Echinorhinidae - Bramble sharks
Order	:	Echinorhiniformes
Class	:	Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase	:	Genera : 1 \| Species : 2 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment	:	Fresh : No \| Brackish : No \| Marine : Yes
Division	:	Marine
Aquarium	:	none
First Fossil Record	:
Remark	:	Distribution: wide-ranging, deepwater sharks in cold-temperate to tropical seas. Circumglobal distribution on continental and insular shelves and slopes from 11 to 900 m, on or near the bottom. Large (3-4 m), short-nosed, stout cylindrical sharks. Two small spineless dorsal fins, close together, towards posterior part of body and originating behind pelvic fin origin. Absence of anal fin and subterminal notch on caudal fin. Skin covered with coarse denticles or enlarged thorns. Small spiracles, very short labial furrows and teeth on both jaws alike, with a central oblique bladelike cusps with up to 3 cusplets on each side (absent in juveniles). They feed on a variety of benthic and neritic fishes, including other sharks, ling, hake, flatfishes, lingcod, lizardfishes, rockfishes, topsmelt, herring, and elephantfishes, as well as crabs, octopuses and squids. They are thought to suck in their prey by suddenly expanding their mouths and pharynxes when in range. They are ovoviviparous and lack a yolksac placenta. Closely related to dogfishes (Ref. 247, 6871, 5578).
Etymology	:	Greek, echinos = sea urchin + Greek, rhinos = nose ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild	:	bearers
Typical activity level	:
Main Ref.	:	Compagno, L.J.V. 1984
Coordinator	:
Deep Fin Classification	:

Species/Synonymy list for the family Echinorhinidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name	Status	Senior/Junior synonym	Combination
Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788)	accepted	senior	new
Squalus brucus Bonnaterre, 1788	synonym	senior	original
Squalus spinosus Gmelin, 1789	synonym	junior	original
Echinorhinus spinosus (Gmelin, 1789)	synonym	junior	new
Echinorhinus obesus Smith, 1838	synonym	junior	original
Echinorhinus mccoyi Whitley, 1931	synonym	junior	original
Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, 1928	accepted	senior	original