PRICKLY SHARK
Echinorhinus cookei
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A large, sluggish shark occurring on continental and insular shelves and upper slopes (Ref. 247). Engybenthic at 11-650, usually at >69 m (Ref. 58302). Feeds on a variety of fishes, other sharks, octopi and squids (Ref. 13564). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205), with up to 114 in a litter (Ref. 26346).
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Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1842)
Common halfbeak |
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Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758
Spined loach |
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Crematogaster torosa Mayr, 1870 |
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Eviota nigripinna Lachner & Karnella, 1980 |
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Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862
Deepwater scorpionfish |