Caribbean roughshark
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The Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus, is a sleeper shark of the family
Oxynotidae, found on the upper continental slopes of the Caribbean Sea
, at depths of between 400 and 450 m. It reaches a length of about 50 cm.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Oxynotidae, found on the upper continental slopes of the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
, at depths of between 400 and 450 m. It reaches a length of about 50 cm.