- Sherwood dogfish
Taxobox
name = Sherwood dogfish
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =
image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
subclassis =Elasmobranchii
ordo =Squaliformes
familia =Dalatiidae
genus = "Scymnodalatias "
species = "S. sherwoodi"
range_
range_map_width = 200px
range_map_caption = Range of the Sherwood dogfish (in blue)
binomial = "Scymnodalatias sherwoodi"
binomial_authority = (Archey, 1921)The sherwood dogfish, "Scymnodalatias sherwoodi", is a very raresleeper shark of the familyDalatiidae , found only aroundNew Zealand . The only specimen studied was about 80 cm long.The sherwood dogfish has two
dorsal fin s of approximately equal size and shape, with no spine in either, and set well back towards the tail. In general appearance it is similar to theGreenland shark . The snout is somewhat flattened, but not bulbous, the lower teeth have very high, erect or semi-erect cusps, distal blades and no serrations. Thecaudal fin is asymmetrical, with a short lower lobe.The sherwood dogfish is
ovoviviparous .References
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* 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
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