Species FAO code: SYR

Scymnodon ringens

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
EU quality schemes and nutrition values
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Portugal	pt Tubarão pt Arreganhada	–
Slovakia	sk ospalec nožozubý sk žralok Scymnodon ringens	–
Spain	es Tiburón bruja es Bruja	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Nutrition values

	Nutrition values per serving (100g)
Energy	130.0 kcal
Total fat	4.51 g
Saturates	0.925 g
Carbohydrate	0.0 g
Sugars	0.0 g
Protein	20.98 g
Salt	197.5 mg

Source: USDA - FoodData Central

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Scientific name

Scymnodon ringens

Author

Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

Rank

Species

FAO code

SYR

Morphological description

Black in color; small dorsal fin spines; short snout; small lanceolate teeth without cusplets in upper jaw and huge high, knife-cusped cutting teeth in lower jaw; mouth very wide and broadly arched; caudal fin with weak subterminal notch and no lower lobe (Ref. 247).

Taxonomic classification

ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderSqualiformes
  - FamilySomniosidae
    - GenusScymnodon
      - SpeciesScymnodon ringens

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

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Scymnodon ringens

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Hooks and lines

Trawls

Nutrition values

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 81 - Pacific, Southwest