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Azores dogfish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Order
  
Squaliformes

Scientific name
  
Scymnodalatias garricki

Phylum
  
Chordata

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Family
  
Somniosidae

Rank
  
Species

Azores dogfish

Similar
  
Japanese velvet dogfish, Pink lanternshark, Largespine velvet dogfish, Ornate dogfish, Plunket shark

The Azores dogfish, Scymnodalatias garricki, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae. It is known only from the holotype caught north of the Azores.

References

Azores dogfish Wikipedia