Whitetail dogfish

Taxobox
name = Whitetail dogfish
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Squaliformes
familia = Dalatiidae
genus = "Scymnodalatias"
species = "S. albicauda"
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range_map_caption = Range of the whitetail dogfish (in blue)
binomial = "Scymnodalatias albicauda"
binomial_authority = Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986The whitetail dogfish, "Scymnodalatias albicauda", is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found from the eastern Indian Ocean round southern Australia to New Zealand, at depths of between 150 and 500 m. Its length is up to 1.1 m.

The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and commercial trawlers. The dorsal fins are small, the pectoral fins are angular, and there is an asymmetric caudal fin with a dark-tipped upper lobe.

Coloration is grey and white, mottled with large brown or black spots, the tail mostly white with black tips.

The whitetail dogfish is ovoviviparous, with at least 59 pups per litter.

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