Caribbean Roughshark
Oxynotus caribbaeus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The Caribbean roughshark is a rough shark of the family Oxynotidae, found on the upper continental slopes of the Caribbean Sea, at depths between 400 and 450 m. It reaches a length around 50 cm (20 in).
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Oxynotidae
- Genus
- Oxynotus