Blacktailed spurdog
📖 Overview
Found on the insular slopes . Feeds on lanternfishes, boarfishes, barracudinas, and flatheads . Probably ovoviviparous . Defends themselves from their captors by whipping their bodies and long second dorsal spines .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. Conspicuous black tips on dorsal fins, black dorsal caudal margin, black ventral caudal lobe .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Blacktailed spurdog is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Blacktailed spurdog is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Distinct pairing with embrace .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 320 - 340 m . Deep-water; 21°S - 23°S, 166°E - 168°E Central Pacific: New Caledonia.
🌿 Ecology
lanternfishes, boarfishes, barracudinas, and flatheads (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Blacktailed spurdog · Cyrano spurdog |
| 🌍CES | ostroun černoocasý |
| 🇩🇪German | Schwarzschwanz-Dornhai |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | mustapyrstöpiikkihai |
| 🇫🇷French | Aiguillat cyrano · Aiguillat à queue noire |
| 🇭🇺Hungarian | Feketefarkú tüskéscápa |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Spinarolo coda nera |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Zwartstaartdoornhaai |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Темнохвостый катран |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 黑尾角鯊 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .
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