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Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825)

Black dogfish
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
Etymology: Centroscyllium: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, skylla = a kind of shark (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal, usually 180 - 2250 m (Ref. 117245). Deep-water; 1°C - 5°C (Ref. 117245); 68°N - 57°S, 99°W - 120°E (Ref. 55215)

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Northwest Atlantic: South Baffin Island and Greenland to Virginia, USA and possibly the Gulf of Mexico. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland along Atlantic slope to Senegal; Guinea to Sierra Leone; Namibia to Quoin Point, South Africa (Ref. 5578). Southwest Atlantic: Uruguay to Argentina (Ref. 58839).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 64.0, range 58 - 70 cm
Max length : 107 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. ); common length : 84.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 247); common length :70 cm TL (female)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Adults uniformly blackish; fins of juveniles with white margins (Ref. 6577).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on the outermost continental shelves and upper slopes, mostly below 275 m (Ref. 247). Epibenthic-pelagic (Ref. 58426). At high latitudes, may move up to the surface especially during the winter (Ref. 247). Bottom water temp. Are from 3.5 to 4.5°C, but sometimes down to 1°C. Segregation by sex and size as well as by movement into shallower water and by increase in school size is sometimes seen. Feeds on crustaceans, cephalopods, jellyfish and small fishes. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205), with at least 14 pups in a litter (Ref. 247). Has luminescent organs in skin. May reach 107 cm.

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Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

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Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 247)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 June 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 1.6 - 9.9, mean 4.2 °C (based on 219 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00288 (0.00159 - 0.00523), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec=14).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (64 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 6.51 [1.15, 36.11] mg/100g; Iron = 0.304 [0.072, 1.034] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [15.9, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.262 [0.092, 0.828] g/100g; Selenium = 17.1 [4.9, 53.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.3 [2.5, 68.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.352 [0.164, 0.692] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.