Birdbeak dogfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the birdbeak dogfish lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Deania calceus
Group	Sharks
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe, Oceania
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Squaliformes
Family	Centrophoridae

Where does the birdbeak dogfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the birdbeak dogfish in 6 countries and territories across Europe and Oceania.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the birdbeak dogfish endangered?

The birdbeak dogfish’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the birdbeak dogfish?

The birdbeak dogfish (Deania calceus) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Squaliformes and the family Centrophoridae, genus Deania. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the birdbeak dogfish

The birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea) is a dogfish shark of the family Centrophoridae found in the Pacific Ocean around Honshū, Japan, southern Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, and in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland south to the Cape of Good Hope.

The birdbeak dogfish has a very long, narrow snout, no anal fin, two long and low dorsal fins with grooved spines, small rectangular pectoral fins, and pitchfork-like denticles. It lives at depths between 73 and 1,450 m. It is ovoviviparous with up to 12 pups per litter. It eats pelagic bony fish, squid, octopus, and shrimp.

In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the birdbeak dogfish as "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Birdbeak dogfish (revision 1355296157), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q111223800 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).