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5.9 Deania profundorum: 33 em male (Natal). N, T & d as in 2.1; bottom row of teeth from 58 em male from Namibia.
5.9 Deania profundorum
(Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
Nasisqualus profundorum Smith & Radcliffe, 1912: 681: Fig. 3, PI. 53
(Mindanao Sea, Philippines in 736 fms.). Acanthidium natalense Gilchrist, 1922: 49, PI. 7, Fig. 2 (off IIIovo River, Natal in 160 fms.). Deania
eglantina (non Jordan & Snyder): Smith, SFSA No. 49 (in part, not
figure). Deania quadrispinosa (non McCulloch): Karrer, 1973: 197,
Deania profundorum: Bass et aI., 1976: 38*,
Distance between D bases 14-20% TL; adpressed P reaches to within
orbit length of vertical through 1st D spine.
Uniformly dark grey. Males mature at 50-55 em, females
at about 70 em; attains 79 cm. Philippines, Senegal, northwest Atlantic; off Namibia and Natal in depths of 275 - 608
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5.10 Deania quadrispinosus: 110 em female (5. Mozambique). N, T & d as in 2.1.
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5.10 Deania quadrispinosus
(McCulloch,1915)
Acanthidium quadrispinosum McCulloch, 1915: 100 (south of Gabo
Id., Victoria). Deania eglantina (non Jordan & Snyder): Smith, SFSA No.
49* (in part; figure appears to be D. quadrispinosus). Deania sp.: Karrer
1975: 66. Deania quadrispinosum: Bass et aI., 1976: 37*.
Distance between D bases 16-20% TL; height of 1st D 2.0 or less in distance from exposed base of spine to rear end of fin base.
Dark brown. Females mature at 110 cm; attains at least
114 em. Known only from south coast of Australia and from
northern Namibia to southern Mozambique in depths of
275 - 640 m.