Author: (Maul, 1955)

Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955)

Diagnosis: head only very slightly depressed; eye moderate, less than 3 times in snout; first tooth at front of upper jaw minute; third upper tooth followed by only one much smaller tooth; teeth with only one cusplet on each side of the base of main cusp. Origin of second dorsal fin a little before middle of pelvic fin base and ending a little before anal fin origin; anal fin rather smaller than second dorsal fin. Colour: uniform dark mauve-brown, slightly lighter towards the snout; posterior margins of all fins darker; iris dark brown with some lighter tones. Size: 1.71 m (holotype).

Habitat: the only known specimen caught between 800 and 1,000 m. Food: no data. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: known only off Madeira.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Chondrichthyes
Superorder Pleurotremata
Family Odontaspindidae
Genus Odontaspis
Species Odontaspis noronhai

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955)

Synonyms:

Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955)
Carcharias noronhai Maul, 1955, Notul. Nat., Philad., 279: 1-3, fig.1-4('off Camara de Lobos, Madeira'). Holotype: MMF, no. 2691.
Carcharias noronhai: d'Aubrey, 1964: 6 (comparisons with C. kamoharai and other species).

Common names:

Bigeye sand tiger [En]
Requin noronhai [Fr]

Aubrey, J. D. d'. 1964a. Preliminary guide to the sharks found off the east coast of South Africa. Invest. Rep. oceanogr. res. Inst., Durban, (8) :1-95, 22 fig., 28 pl.

Maul, G. E. 1955b. Five species of rare sharks new for Madeira including two new to science. Notul. Nat., Philad., (279) :1-13, 20 fig.

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