Coeruleus Devilshark
Hexanchiformes - Chlamydoselachus daemonia
Fast Facts
Height: 1ft tall
Weight: 170-200lbs
Length: 5ft to 7ft length
Diet: Carnivore, a diet of cephalopods, sea slugs, smaller sharks, and bony fish.
Rarity: Uncommon
Tier: Tier 3
Taming and Training: I don't see training this thing as possible
Appearance and Biology
At a glance, one would look at this beast and be confused as to whether or not it was an eel, a shark, or a fish because it has physical characteristics that would lead one to believe it could be a combination or one of the three. In reality, it is, in fact, a shark. The body is long and eel-like in shape, however, it is composed of the same cartilaginous structures sharks are known for. This allows for a lot of freedom of movement and flexibility. Color wise, the flesh of the beast is abyssal; a blue so dark that it looks closer to black. Its fines are adorned with brighter, bioluminescent colors ranging from blues and greens to reds towards the frilled tips.
The head of the shark is broad and flat, with a short, rounded snout. The nostrils are vertical slits, separated by a flap of skin that forms the incurrent opening and the excurrent opening. The creature has moderately large eyes that are horizontal ellipsoidal in shape. Ligaments articulate the long jaws to the cranium, and the corners of the mouth have neither furrows nor folds. The jaws contain 300 trident-shaped teeth, each needle-tooth has a cusp and two cusplets; about four rows are fairly densely packed teeth are present within the shark's mouth. These creatures are able to open jaws and devour food sources that are considerably greater than that of their size. At the throat, there are six pairs of long gill slits; the first pair of gill slits form a collar, while the extended tips of the gill filaments create a fleshy sort of frill.
The pectoral fins are short and rounded; the single, small dorsal fin has a rounded margin, and is positioned at the far end of the body, approximately opposite the anal fin. The pelvic and the anal fins are large, broad, and rounded, and are positioned to the tail-end of the shark's body. The very long caudal fin is a triangular tail that has neither a lower lobe nor a ventral notch in the upper lobe, and has a margin equipped with sharp, chisel-shaped dermal denticles, which the shark can enlarge. The underside of the shark's eel-like body features a pair of long, thick folds of skin, separated by a groove, which run the length of the belly; the function of the ventral skin-folds is unknown. In the female shark, the mid-section is of the body longer, with the pelvic fins located closer to the anal fin.
Habitat
This shark is found only in the deepest parts of the world; it lives in the deepest undersea trench that extends about as far as 36,000 feet. However, the shark itself may not always choose descend fully to the bottom of these depths as some of its prey of choice does not. Other equivalently deep sea locations may also contain this beast but sightings are rare since going that deep is very difficult.
Temperament
Instinctual, impulsive, and aggressive, this shark is a predator through and through.
Life Cycle
The mature female shark has two ovaries and a uterus, which is in the right side of her body; ovulation occurs fortnightly; and pregnancy ceases vitellogenesis (yolk formation) and the production of new ova. Reproductively, the shark is an ovoviviparous animal born from an encapsulated egg retained within the mother shark's uterus. During gestation, the shark embryos develop in membranous egg-cases contained within the body of the mother shark, when the infant sharks emerge from their egg capsules in the uterus they feed on yolk until birth. When the embryo is 3in long, the mother shark expels the egg capsule, at which developmental stage the frilled shark's external gills are developed. The shark's gestation period can be as long as 3.5 years; at birth, a frilled shark's litter comprises 2–15 pups, with an average litter comprises 6.0 pups. Individuals of this species can live for about 25 years.
Abilities
The creature possesses ampullae of Lorenzini. It also has an incredibly potent sense of smell for the purpose of detecting the scent of blood from long distances and very strong hearing. Notably, it does possess rather poor eyesight.
Additionally, it produces tetrodotoxin in its saliva making the bite of these creatures particularly dangerous.
Uses
Tetrodotoxin can be harvested if one really wants to, but otherwise it doesn't serve any useful purpose to hunt these.
Created By: Obsequies
