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Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Galeus: galeos, a small shark or dogfish according to Aristotle and others. (See ETYFish); nipponensis: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Nippon, or Japan (known only from Japanese waters). (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale. Deep-water; 34°N - 7°N
Northwest Pacific: China (Ref. 47946), Japan (Ref. 244) and the Kyushu-Palau Ridge (Ref. 559).
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 54.0, range 53 - 55 cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 559)
Oviparous, with possibly a single egg laid per oviduct.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
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 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.6 - 5.7, mean 4 °C (based on 75 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00355 (0.00176 - 0.00714), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.4 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Fec assumed to be <100).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 8.24 [1.46, 51.33] mg/100g; Iron = 0.327 [0.070, 1.092] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [14.0, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.21 [0.09, 0.50] g/100g; Selenium = 7.77 [2.62, 23.92] μg/100g; VitaminA = 16.1 [3.5, 72.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.345 [0.160, 0.660] mg/100g (wet weight);