Deania

Deania is a genus of long-snouted, deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae.

Deania
Temporal range: Early Miocene to present[1]
Longsnout dogfish (Deania quadrispinosa)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Centrophoridae
Genus: Deania
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Species

See text.

Species

Habitats

In the North Atlantic Waters, three species of the genus Deania have been reported; Deania calcea, Deania hystricosa and Deania profundorum. However, in the North Spanish waters, only Deania calcea and Deania profundorum have been caught. [2]

Taxonomy

Deania species have two dorsal fins with strong grooved spines, no anal fin, and a strong sub terminal notch on the caudal fin. Typically, identification characteristics such as dermal denticles and teeth have been utilized to distinguish between elasmobranch species.[2]

See also

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
  2. Rodríguez-Cabello, C., Pérez, M., & Grasa, I. (2020, May). Taxonomic research on Deania Calcea and Deania Profundorum (family: Centrophoridae) in the Cantabrian Sea (Northeast Atlantic) with comments on Deania Hystricosa. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 37, 101321. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101321

Sources
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Deania in FishBase. February 2011 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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