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Birdbeak dogfish

Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Centrophoridae
Genus:	Deania
Species:	D. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed Fish with paired fins paired nostrils scales two-chambered hearts and skeletons made of Cartilage rather Elasmobranchii is the subclass of Cartilaginous fish that includes Skates rays (batoidea, and sharks (selachii. Squaliformes is an order of Sharks that includes about 80 species in seven families The gulper sharks are a family ( Centrophoridae) of Squaliform Sharks The family contains just two genera and approximately 15 Deania is a Genus of long-snouted deepwater Dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae. calcea

Binomial name

Deania calcea
(Lowe, 1839)

Range of birdbeak dogfish (in blue)

The birdbeak dogfish, Deania calcea, is a dogfish shark of the family Deania 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. Richard Thomas Lowe (1802-1874 was a British Botanist, Ichthyologist, Malacologist, and Clergyman. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In freshwater lakes and rivers "Dogfish" refers to a member of the Bowfin family In Biological classification, family ( Latin Deania is a Genus of long-snouted deepwater Dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( The Cape of Good Hope ( Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop, Kaap de Goede Hoop Cabo da Boa Esperança Persian Language: دماغه امید نیک

The birdbeak dogfish 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. The Anatomy of Fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of Water, which is much denser than air holds a relatively small amount of dissolved A dorsal fin is a Fin located on the backs of some Fishes Whales Dolphins and Porpoises as well as the (extinct The Anatomy of Fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of Water, which is much denser than air holds a relatively small amount of dissolved Denticles are body surface structures found on some fish and insects It lives at depths of between 73 and 1,450 m. It is ovoviviparous with up to twelve pups per litter. Ovoviviparous Animals develop within eggs that remain within the mother's body up until they hatch or are about to hatch It eats bony fish and shrimp. Osteichthyes (ˌɒstiːˈɪkθiːz also called bony fish, are a taxonomic Class of Fish that includes the ray-finned fish ( Actinopterygii True shrimp are swimming decapod Crustaceans classified in the Infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh

References

Stevens (2003). Deania calcea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
Deania calcea (TSN 160742). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Integrated Taxonomic Information System ( ITIS) is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the Taxonomy of biological Species Retrieved on 23 January 2006. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
FAO Species Catalogue Volume 4 Parts 1 and 2 Sharks of the World
"Deania calcea". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 09 2005 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2005.

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