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Dichichthys albimarginatus (Séret & Last, 2007)

Whitetip bristle shark
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Myxini (hagfishes) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Dichichthyidae ()
Etymology: Dichichthys: Name from the combination of the Greek 'dicho'- meaning 'to branch in two' and 'ichthys' for 'fish', with this genus being intermediate between the Galeus-Parmaturus complex and Apristurus.;  albimarginatus: albus (L.), white; marginatus (L.), bordered, referring to broad white margins on posterior fins. (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Séret & Last.

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 590 - 732 m (Ref. 74543). Deep-water

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Western Pacific: New Caledonia and possibly Papua New Guinea.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 57.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74543)

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This scyliorhinid catshark is characterized by the following: a soft body with velvet-like skin of large tricuspidate denticles; color plain pale to medium brown; posterior margins of the dorsal, caudal and anal-fins are distinctly white-edged; upper and lower anterior caudal fin margins with pronounced caudal crests, the denticles on crests are greatly enlarged; teeth are mainly tricuspidate with greatly elongate median cusps, in 92 rows in both jaws; the first dorsal fin is slightly behind middle of back, the pelvic fins slightly in front of mid-body, prepelvic length 47% TL; vent at mid-length, pre-vent length 50% TL; relatively short snout, prenarial length 3.7% TL; short mouth, length 3.7% TL; short labial furrows, 1.7-2.0% TL, lower furrows subequal in length to upper furrows; head depressed and is shorter than abdomen, length 19.2% TL, pectoral-pelvic length 24.8% TL; second dorsal fin is larger than first, anterior margins of first 8.7% and second dorsal fin 10.4% TL; subterminal caudal lobe relatively small, subterminal margin length 3.3% TL, terminal margin length 3.8% TL; 43 monospondylous centra; 95 precaudal centra, 136 total (Ref. 74543).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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White, W.T., A.L. Stewart, H.L. O’Neill and G.J.P. Naylor, 2024. Dichichthyidae, a new family of deepwater sharks (Carcharhiniformes) from the Indo–West Pacific, with description of a new species. Fishes 2024, 9, 121. (Ref. 130868)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 June 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5010   [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):  3.9   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).