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The shark species "Birdbeak dogfish"

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Birdbeak dogfish
Birdbeak dogfish
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Birdbeak dogfish

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Dogfish sharks (Squaliformes)
Family:
Dogfish sharks (Squalidae)
Genus:
Deania
Names
Scientific:
Deania calceus
Synonym:
Deania calcea
English:
Birdbeak dogfish , Shovelnosed shark , Thompson's shark
German:
Vogelschnabel-Dornhai
French:
Squale savate
Spanish:
Tollo pajarito
Vulnerability
Category: Near Threatened (NT)
Criteria: A2bd
Last evaluated: 2024
Trend: Decreasing




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