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© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 Prionace glauca	© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 Prionace glauca
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Overview

Main identification features use genus Very elongate and fusiform; snout long and narrowly rounded; no spiracles; eyes with nictitating membrane; teeth serrated, wide, long triangular and curved, center tooth of top jaw very large; 5 short gill slits, last 2 over pectoral base; origin of first dorsal well behind pectoral fins; pectorals very long, narrow, slightly curved; tail base with small keel; no crest between dorsal fins. Back dark blue, flanks intense blue; belly white; tip of pectoral and anal dark. Size: 480 cm. Habitat: oceanic, epipelagic. Depth: 0-350 m. Southern California to the lower 2/3 of the Gulf of California and to Peru, and probably all the oceanic islands. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ). Depth Range Max: 350 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: bony fishes; octopus/squid/cuttlefish; sharks/rays; Pelagic crustacea; sea snakes/mammals/turtles/birds. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=66; Southern limit=-55; Western limit=-165; Eastern limit=-70; Latitudinal range=121; Longitudinal range=95. Egg Type: Live birth; No pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Pelagic. Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); All Pacific (West + Central + East); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species. Habitat: Water column. Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only. IUCN Red List: Near threatened; Listed. Length Max: 480 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; California + Peruvian provinces, primarily; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Surface; Surface; Water column only;

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