- Plunket shark
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Plunket shark Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Somniosidae Genus: Proscymnodon Species: P. plunketi Binomial name Proscymnodon plunketi
(Waite, 1910)Range of the Plunket shark (in blue) Synonyms Centroscymnus plunketi
The plunket shark, Proscymnodon plunketi, is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around south eastern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 220 and 1,550 m over continental shelves. It reaches a length of 130 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Proscymnodon plunketi" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
- Paul, L. 2003. Proscymnodon plunketi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
Categories:- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Somniosidae
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