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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Tropical

Sulu Gollumshark

Gollum suluensis Last & Gaudiano, 2011
Max Length
58.5 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
4
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
-
Vulnerability
47.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
-

📖 Overview

Overview information for Sulu Gollumshark is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

Scientific Name
Gollum suluensis
Authority
Last & Gaudiano, 2011
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
58.5 cm
Trophic Level
4
Vulnerability
47.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

A small species of Gollum with the following combination of characters: body soft; head bell-shaped with a broadly parabolic snout; direct preorbital snout length 2.1–2.4 times eye length; preoral length 0.8–1.0 of mouth width, 1.3 times prenarial length; eye 1.4–1.5 times nostril length, more than 4.8 times spiracle length; head relatively broad, 12–14% TL; direct preorbital snout length 1.2–1.4 times interorbital space; head length 2.3–2.6 times mouth width, 8.0–9.0 times nostril width, 3.0–3.5 times preventral caudal-fin margin; length of pectoral-fin anterior margin 2.2–2.5 times its base; first dorsal-fin inner margin 0.5–0.6 of pectoral-fin base; second dorsal-fin base 10–12% TL; ventral head dusky, not strongly contrasted with dorsal surface along its lateral margin; posterior edges of dorsal fins not excessively concave; tips of dorsal fins dark; ventral margin of caudal fin dusky, not strongly contrasted with rest of fin; mouth dark; monospondylous centra 44–45, diplospondylous centra 107–109, total centra 151–154 .: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Sulu Gollumshark is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Sulu Gollumshark is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Sulu Gollumshark is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical Known only from off Palawan Island (Philippines) in the western sector of the Sulu Sea basin; collected on the insular slope at about 730 m depth (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine
Trophic Level
4±0.4

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00174 × L3.21 (TL)
Max TL
58.5cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2019

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Fishing Vulnerability
47.00/100
Moderate-High vulnerability
Trophic Level
4
Apex / Top predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Last & Gaudiano, 2011

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