Family Echinorhinidae - Bramble sharks
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  Class
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Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 1 | Species : 2 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: wide-ranging, deepwater sharks in cold-temperate to tropical seas. Circumglobal distribution on continental and insular shelves and slopes from 11 to 900 m, on or near the bottom. Large (3-4 m), short-nosed, stout cylindrical sharks. Two small spineless dorsal fins, close together, towards posterior part of body and originating behind pelvic fin origin. Absence of anal fin and subterminal notch on caudal fin. Skin covered with coarse denticles or enlarged thorns. Small spiracles, very short labial furrows and teeth on both jaws alike, with a central oblique bladelike cusps with up to 3 cusplets on each side (absent in juveniles). They feed on a variety of benthic and neritic fishes, including other sharks, ling, hake, flatfishes, lingcod, lizardfishes, rockfishes, topsmelt, herring, and elephantfishes, as well as crabs, octopuses and squids. They are thought to suck in their prey by suddenly expanding their mouths and pharynxes when in range. They are ovoviviparous and lack a yolksac placenta. Closely related to dogfishes (Ref. 247, 6871, 5578).
  Etymology
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Greek, echinos = sea urchin + Greek, rhinos = nose ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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bearers
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Species/Synonymy list for the family Echinorhinidae as currently in FishBase

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In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
acceptedseniornew
Squalus brucus Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymseniororiginal2
Squalus spinosus Gmelin, 1789
synonymjuniororiginal2
Echinorhinus spinosus (Gmelin, 1789)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal2
Echinorhinus mccoyi Whitley, 1931
synonymjuniororiginal2
Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, 1928
acceptedseniororiginal2
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