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Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks)
Etymology: Centroselachus: centr[um] (L.), prickle or sharp point, referring to spines on both dorsal fins; selachos (Gr.), a cartilaginous fish (i.e., shark or ray) (See ETYFish); crepidater: crepida (L.), low shoe (e.g., slipper); ater (L.), black, transliteration of Portuguese vernacular sapata preta, black shoe, allusion not explained, possibly referring to superficial resemblance to a black velvet slipper [see also Deania calceus, Centrophoridae] (See ETYFish).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 230 - 1500 m (Ref. 26346). Deep-water; 64°N - 57°S, 77°W - 159°W
Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, Faeroe Islands along Atlantic slope to Portugal, Senegal, Madeira, Gabon to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia (Ref. 247). Indian Ocean: Aldabra and the Travancore coast of India. Western Pacific: New South Wales, Australia and New Zealand. Southeast Pacific: northern Chile.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 75.4, range 82 - ? cm
Max length : 130 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6577); edad máxima reportada: 54 años (Ref. 57506)
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Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 2; Espinas anales: 0. Black or blackish brown in color, dorsal fins with very small fin spines, very long snout, greatly elongated labial furrows that nearly encircle mouth, lanceolate upper teeth and bladelike lower teeth with moderately long, oblique cusps, fairly slender body that does not taper abruptly from pectoral region, moderately large lateral trunk denticles with partly smooth, oval, cuspidate crowns in adults and subadults (Ref. 247).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
A fairly common species found on continental and insular slopes (Ref. 6871), on or near the bottom (Ref. 5578). Feeds mainly on fish and cephalopods (Ref. 6871). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205), with 4-8 young in a litter (Ref. 6871), born at 28-35 cm (Ref. 26346). The flesh is high in mercury; utilized as fishmeal and source of squalene (Ref. 6871).
Ovoviviparous, with 4-8 young in a litter (Ref. 6871). Born at 28-35 cm (Ref. 26346). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).
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 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 247)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Poisonous to eat (Ref. 6871)
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 2.6 - 10.8, mean 7.8 °C (based on 659 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00309 (0.00246 - 0.00388), b=3.10 (3.03 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.2 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Fec=4-8, tmax=54, tm=9-15).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (78 of 100).
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Vulnerabilidad climática (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 5.64 [1.10, 30.50] mg/100g; Iron = 0.287 [0.069, 0.959] mg/100g; Protein = 20.1 [17.2, 22.3] %; Omega3 = 0.277 [0.101, 0.885] g/100g; Selenium = 18.1 [5.4, 54.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.2 [2.5, 62.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.29 [0.14, 0.57] mg/100g (wet weight);