Birdbeak dogfish
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| phylum | Chordata | The birdbeak dogfish is found in the Pacific Ocean around Honshū, Japan, southern Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, and in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland south to the Cape of Good Hope.
It has a very long, narrow snout, no anal fin, two long and low dorsal fins with grooved spines, small rectangular pectoral fins, and pitchfork-like denticles. It lives at depths between 73 and 1,450 m. It is ovoviviparous with up to 12 pups per litter. It eats bony fish and shrimp. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Squaliformes |
| class | Chondrichthyes | |
| order | Squaliformes | |
| family | Centrophoridae | |
| genus | Deania | |
| species | D. calcea |
