Echinorhinus
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| Echinorhinus Fossil range: Campanian to Present[1] |
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 Bramble shark, Echinorhinus brucus. From plate 3 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
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Echinorhinus is a genus of squaliform sharks, the only genus in the family Echinorhinidae. The name is from Greek echinos meaning "sea urchin" and rhinos meaning "nose".
This genus includes two extant species characterized by a short nose, rough spiny dermal denticles, no anal fin, and two small spineless dorsal fins. Both species are uncommon, little known, deep-water sharks.
[edit] Species
- Bramble shark, Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788).
- Prickly shark, Echinorhinus cookei (Pietschmann, 1928).
[edit] References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.
- Echinorhinus (TSN 160712). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 4 May 2006.
- "Echinorhinidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- "Echinorhinus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- FAO Species Catalogue Volume 4 Parts 1 and 2 Sharks of the World
