- Largespine velvet dogfish
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Largespine velvet dogfish Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Somniosidae Genus: Proscymnodon Species: P. macracanthus Binomial name Proscymnodon macracanthus
(Regan, 1906)Synonyms Centroscymnus macracanthus
The largespine velvet dogfish, Proscymnodon macracanthus, is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found on the lower continental slopes between latitudes 50°S and 54°S in the southeast Pacific Ocean from the Straits of Magellan, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, at depths of between 650 and 920 m. Its length is up to 68 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Proscymnodon macracanthus" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- Leandro, L. 2004. Proscymnodon macracanthus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
Categories:- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Somniosidae
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