Euprotomicroides zantedeschia Hulley & Penrith, 1966

Family:	Dalatiidae (Sleeper sharks), subfamily: Dalatiinae
Order:	Squaliformes (bramble, sleeper and dogfish sharks)
Class:	Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)
In this site name:	Taillight shark
Max. size:	42.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 247)
Environment:	benthopelagic; marine
Climate:	subtropical; 30°S - 37°S
Importance:	fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100)
Distribution:	Southeast Atlantic: off Cape Town, South Africa. Southwest Atlantic: off Uruguay.
Morphology:	Dorsal spines (total): 0 - 0; Anal spines: 0. A small, compressed dogfish shark with a blunt snout, ear-shaped pectoral fins, and gill slits increasing greatly in width from front to back; cloaca area with a large luminous gland not found in other sharks (Ref. 5578). Brown with black underparts (Ref. 6577); fin margins conspicuously white (Ref. 5578).
Biology:	Probably oceanic but also near the upper slope (Ref. 5578). The holotype was caught in a bottom trawl between 457 and 640 m, a second specimen was collected in the open ocean near the surface at less than 25 m (Ref. 247, 5578). Food unknown but the powerful jaws and sharp teeth suggest that this species can take relatively large prey (Ref. 247). Probably ovoviviparous with few young (Ref. 247).
Red List Status:	Data deficient (DD) (Ref. 57073)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Compagno, Leonard J.V.