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Birdbeak Dogfish

Deania calcea

767Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan32
Feb37
Mar78
Apr116
May64
Jun63
Jul43
Aug79
Sep106
Oct61
Nov48
Dec40

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
767
Peak month
April
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Deania calcea
Also known as
Birdbeak Dogfish, Brier Shark, Shovelnose Spiny Dogfish
Group
Fish
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Squaliformes
Family
Centrophoridae
Genus
Deania
Name with authority
Deania calcea (Lowe, 1839)
Described
1839
Contributing datasets
2

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q111223800 · GBIF 2421127