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