Aculeola nigra

DE BUEN, 1959

Hooktooth dogfish
Classification: Elasmobranchii Squaliformes Etmopteridae

Reference of the original description

DE BUEN, F. (1959)
Notas preliminares sobre la fauna marina preabismal de Chile, con descripción de una familia de rayas, dos géneros y siete especies nuevos. Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Santiago, 27 (3): 171-201

Types
Aculeola nigra
Holotype: MNHNC: P.5907 (old: EMBC 10191)

Description:

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Common names
spa

Tiburón ángel, spa

Tollo negro, spa

Tollo negro de cachos, $fra $T$$ Ange de l"Atlantique, $fra $T$$ Squale noir, $fra $T$$ Squale noire, eng

Hooktooth dogfish

Distribution
Southeast Pacific: Peru to central Chile.

Human uses
fisheries: of no interest

Biology
Ovoviviparous, number of young at least 3. Size at birth probably about 13 or 14 cm (size of full-term fetuses) [518]. Distinct pairing with embrace [17086].

Size / Weight / Age
60.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; [518]); 60 cm TL (female)

Habitat
demersal; marine; depth range 110 - 560 m

Parasites arranged by Pollerspöck, Jürgen
Copepoda

Eudactylina chilensis HO & MCKINNEY, 1981 [14998]