Prickly shark (Echinorhinus cookei)

Scientific name: Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, 1928

Prickly shark (Echinorhinus cookei)

The Prickly shark (Echinorhinus cookei) is a marine fish of the family Echinorhinidae.

Biology

A large, sluggish shark occurring on continental and insular shelves and upper slopes. Feeds on a variety of fishes, other sharks, octopi and squids. Ovoviviparous, with up to 114 in a litter.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Echinorhinus cookei
Family
Echinorhinidae (Bramble sharks)
Order
Squaliformes (Bramble, Sleeper and Dogfish sharks)
Class
Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
Maximum length
400
Depth range
11–1100 m (36–3609 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 11 - 1100 m, usually 70 - ? m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, Palau, Australia and New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: Hawaii, USA, Gulf of California, and from Costa Rica to Peru and Chile. Also reported in Nicaragua.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Near Threatened (NT)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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