Longsnout dogfish
Species of shark
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The longsnout dogfish (Deania quadrispinosa) is a little-known deepwater dogfish, found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans from Namibia to Mozambique and in the South Pacific off southern Australia and New Zealand.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Centrophoridae |
| Genus: | Deania |
| Species: | D. quadrispinosa |
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| Deania quadrispinosa (McCulloch, 1915) | |
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The longsnout dogfish has an extremely long, angular snout, no anal fin, dorsal fins of similar size with the first placed high on the back and the second having a longer rear free tip, and pitchfork-shaped dermal denticles. It is dark brown and grows to about 114 cm.[2]
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.[2]
This shark lives at depths between 150 and 732 m. It eats bony fish.[2]
Conservation status
In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the longsnout dogfish as "Data Deficient" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[3]