Largespine Velvet Dogfish

Dark brown or blackish in color, dorsal fins with fairly prominent fin spines, moderately long snout, lanceolate upper teeth and bladelike lower teeth with short, oblique cusps, stocky body that tapers abruptly from pectoral region, and moderately large tricuspidate and tricarinate lateral trunk denticles (Ref. 247).

Ovoviviparous (Ref. 26346). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 0

Found on continental and insular slopes. Occurs in large schools near the bottom which are segregated according to size and sex. Feeds on cephalopods and bony fishes.

A rare species inhabiting lower continental slopes (Ref. 26346), also on insular slopes in large schools near the bottom which are segregated according to size and sex, and feeds on cephalopods and bony fishes (Ref. 247). Up to 36 young in a litter, ths size at birth between 32 and 36 cm (Ref. 247). Used for fishmeal and liver oil (Ref. 6871). Minimum depth from Ref. 247. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

fisheries: of no interest