Taeniurops cavernosus (Probst, 1877)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26879/1233 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DEA321-FFA5-FF8A-9BF8-FD07AB11E506 |
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Felipe |
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Taeniurops cavernosus (Probst, 1877) |
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Taeniurops cavernosus (Probst, 1877)
Tooth type: Crushing (female), Clutching (male).
The only recent congener, T. meyeni Müller and Henle, 1841 , is a benthic organism living between 20 and 60 m depth (Froese and Pauly, 2019). It feeds on bottom fishes, bivalves, crabs and shrimp (Compagno et al., 1989; Froese and Pauly, 2019) and has a TL of 4.2 ±0.69 (Froese and Pauly, 2019).
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