Lifespan, longevity, and ageing
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Maximum longevity: 18.4 years (wild)
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- Joao Pedro de Magalhaes
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- de Magalhaes, J. P.
Description
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Found on the outer continental and insular shelves and slopes, most commonly below 200 m. Primarily a solitary shark. Feeds mainly on bony fishes and also skates, other sharks (Galeus, Squalus, Etmopterus and Centrophorus), and also on squids, octopi, amphipods, isopods, shrimps, lobsters, polychaetes and siphonophores. Adults eat more crustaceans and sharks and less cephalopods than young. Ovoviviparous with 10 to 16 young in a litter. Quite common.
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- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
Distribution
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from George's Bank, the east coast of Florida, Northern Gulf of Mexico, and off the southern Bahamas
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- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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- Mary Kennedy [email]
Habitat
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benthic
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- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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- Mary Kennedy [email]
Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
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- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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