Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
questionable
Salinity:
marine
Abundance:
scarce (very unlikely)
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Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale, 1989
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Occurs throughout Namibia (Ref. 5578). Sometimes caught by trawlers off Namibia (Ref. 5578). Bass et al. 1986 (Ref. 6577) notes that available specimens trawled in southern Africa are tentatively ascribed to O. centrina, but with comparatively shorter interdorsal distance as compared to published figures of North Atlantic specimens. The valid name may be O. shubnikovi (Ref. 27121).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Bass, A.J., L.J.V. Compagno and P.C. Heemstra, 1986
National Database:
Élasmobranches (requins et raies) (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Oxynotidae (Rough sharks)
Etymology: Oxynotus:oxys (Gr.), sharp; notos (Gr.), back, referring to its keeled back (“dorso carenato”). (See ETYFish); centrina:From “Centrina,” name for this shark dating to at least Giovio’s De romanis piscibus (1524), presumably derived from centrum (L.), prickle or sharp point, referring to spines on both dorsal fins. (See ETYFish). More on author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
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