 This species is less common than the small-spotted catshark.The nursehound feeds on a variety of benthic organisms, including bony fishes such as mackerel, deepwater cardinalfishes, dragonets, gurnards, flatfishes, and herring, and smaller sharks such as the small-spotted catshark.It also consumes crustaceans, in particular crabs but also hermit crabs and large shrimp, and cephalopods.