Somniosus microcephalus, Greenland shark : fisheries, gamefish

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Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Greenland shark
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Ελασμοβράγχιοι (καρχαρίες και σαλάχια) (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks)
Etymology: Somniosus: Latin for sleepy, reflecting Lesueur’s surmise that these sharks are slow or sluggish because of their relatively small fins (hence the name sleeper sharks). (See ETYFish);  microcephalus: micro-, from mikros (Gr.), small; cephalus, from kephale (Gr.), head, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its short, rounded snout compared with other sharks then included in the catch-all genus Squalus. (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία


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