Image: Scales of a Brier Shark

Scales of a Brier Shark, Deania calcea, from the Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection.

Photographer:

Sue Lindsay

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Common name:

Brier Shark

Scientific name:

Deania calcea

Family:

Squalidae

Order:

Squaliformes

Last Updated: 8 May 2013

Tags fish, ichthyology, Brier Shark, Deania calcea, Squalidae, shark, scales, denticles,