Rare occurrence of the bramble shark Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788) along the Veraval coast

is exclusively marine, inhabitingdeep waters. It is also called sluggish bottom shark,sometimes occurring in shallow waters, especially onthe continental and insular shelves and upper slopesupto 900 m depth.Western Atlantic, Mediterranean, Pacific Ocean,Australia and New Zealand. The phylogenic positionof this species is as follows:Phylum : ChordataClass : ChondrichthysSubclass : ElasmobranchiiOrder : SqualiformesFamily : EchinorhinidaeGenus :