Taillight shark (Euprotomicroides zantedeschia) fish species and information / pictures of Taillight shark - Euprotomicroides zantedeschia

Taillight shark (Euprotomicroides zantedeschia) fish species information

Scientific Name
Euprotomicroides zantedeschia

Common Name
Taillight shark

Biology
Dorsal spines : 0; Dorsal soft rays : 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0. A small, compressed dogfish shark with a blunt snout, ear-shaped pectoral fins, and gill slits increasing greatly in width from front to back; cloaca area with a large luminous gland not found in other sharks. Brown with black underparts ; fin margins conspicuously white.

Classification

Classified By

Hulley & Penrith, 1966

Class

Sharks and Rays (Elasmobranchii)

Order

Bramble, Sleeper and Dogfish sharks (Squaliformes)

Family

Sleeper sharks (Dalatiidae)

Distribution

Region

Southeast Atlantic

Distribution

Southeast Atlantic: off Cape Town, South Africa. Southwest Atlantic: off Uruguay and Argentina.

Range

30°S - 37°S

Environment

Climate

Subtropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

195 m

Depth To - meters

205 m

Zone

benthopelagic

Environment

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 195 - 205 m

Trophic Level

4.3 s.e. 0.60 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

42.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0010 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (22 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Data deficient (DD)