FALSE CATSHARK

Pseudotriakis microdon

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Pseudotriakis microdon de Brito Capello, 1868

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Found on the continental and insular slopes, occasionally wandering onto continental shelves (Ref. 13565). Engybenthic (Ref. 58302). Inactive and sluggish (Ref. 13565). Probably eats bony fishes, elasmobranchs and invertebrates (Ref. 244). Ovoviviparous, embryos feeding on yolk sac and other ova produced by the mother, uterine milk is consumed additionally (Ref. 50449). Pups number 2 to 4 in a litter (Ref. 244), size at birth between 70 (Ref. 244) and 140 cm TL (Ref. 13565). Utilization not recorded (Ref. 13565).