Longnose velvet dogfish

Longnose velvet dogfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Somniosidae
Genus:	Centroselachus Garman, 1913
Species:	C. crepidater
Binomial name
Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
Range of the longnose velvet dogfish (in blue)

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The longnose velvet dogfish, Centroselachus crepidater, is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found circumglobally in southern hemisphere subtropical seas, at depths of between 230 and 1,500 m. It reaches a length of 130 cm.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Centroselachus crepidater" 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
• Stevens, J. 2003. Centroselachus crepidater. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.