Galapagos Species Database
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Echinorhinus cookei
Tiburón negro, Echinorhinus cookei, Squale bouclé du Pacifique
The prickly shark Echinorhinus cookei has thorn-like denticles on body which are moderately large,Grayish brown in color, with black distal fin margins; white around mouth and on ventral surface of snout,As with the other member of the family Echinorhinidae, it has a relatively short snout and stout body; two small spineless dorsal fins, close together, towards posterior part of body and originating behind pelvic fin origin. No anal fin and subterminal notch on caudal fin. Small spiracles, very short labial furrows and teeth on both jaws alike, with a central oblique bladelike cusps with up to 3 cusplets on each side (absent in juveniles) (Ref. 247, 6871).
Subtropical:depth range 11 - 1100 m (Ref. 26346), usually 70 - ? m (Ref. 6871),Benthopelagic; marine.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Echinorhiniformes
Family
Echinorhinidae
Genus
Echinorhinus
Species
cookei
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Froese, R. Pauly, D. (eds.) (2010) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Echinorhinus cookei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12810. Accessed 4 November 2026.