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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Deep-water

Cuban ribbontail catshark

Eridacnis barbouri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944
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Max Length
200 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.8
Depth
400–650 m
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
Very low
Vulnerability
82.00/100
Typical Length
30 cm
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

Found on the upper continental and insular slopes. Probably feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods. Ovoviviparous, with two young in a litter. Size at birth over 10 cm.

Scientific Name
Eridacnis barbouri
Authority
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
200 cm
Depth Range
400–650 m
Trophic Level
3.8
Resilience
Very low
Vulnerability
82.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

Physical description for Cuban ribbontail catshark is currently being compiled.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Cuban ribbontail catshark is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous 📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External

Live-bearing, yolk-only .

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 400 - 650 m . Deep-water Central Atlantic: apparently confined to a limited area in the Florida Straits and off the north coast of Cuba.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.8±0.6
Food Items

small fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00282 × L3.15 (TL)
Max TL
200cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2019

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Very low
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
82.00/100
Very High vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.8
Predator
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944

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