- Deania calcea
- Animalia: Chordata: Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae
This pie chart shows the relative likelihood of observing particular other species commonly observed near Bathysaurus ferox
These species are those which most commonly occur in our observation database near Bathysaurus ferox. Observations favor some phyla over others. Typically Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, and Arthropods are more common in the field than in our records.
Eastern Atlantic: northern British Isles to Guinea; also off South Africa. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). Western Atlantic: Davis Strait to Rio Grande Rise, Brazil. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and Australia (Ref. 7300). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez. Macristium chavesi (pelagic larvae) known from Dominican Republic, Bay of Biscay, Azores, and in the Indian Ocean.
Eastern Atlantic: northern British Isles to Guinea; also off South Africa. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). Western Atlantic: Davis Strait to Rio Grande Rise, Brazil. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and Australia (Ref. 7300). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez. Macristium chavesi (pelagic larvae) known from Dominican Republic, Bay of Biscay, Azores, and in the Indian Ocean.
Usually occurs below the 4°C isotherm. Rests stationary on the bottom with head slightly elevated in typical lizardfish fashion. May be found at depths of 600 to 3500 meters.
Saltwater. Bathydemersal.
In sections below, we make some habitat inferences based on the known habitat preferences of those species most commonly associated with Bathysaurus ferox.
temperate, tropics.
cultivated areas, desert, disturbed sites, fields, meadows, mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, pasture, subantarctic forest, subarctic forest, subarctic grassland, thickets.
mountain slopes, roadsides.
sandy areas, sandy soil.
bays, brackish water, coral reef, ditches, estuaries, lagoon, pelagic, rivers, saltwater, seamount, shores, shrub dominated wetlands, streams, subtidal muddy.