Somniosus bauchotae Quero, 1976. Lower caudal lobe relatively long.
Skin feels rather smooth.
Most specimens typically to 100cm. N.W. Ireland at ca. Apparently not yet recorded from Malta but a likely addition to their elasmobranch fauna. Probably extremely scarce or even absent eastwards of the Ionian Sea. This little-known deepwater shark is probably benthopelagic, rather than benthic, based upon its specialised heterocercal tail which is markedly different from both coastal and deepwater benthic species.