Kingdom Animalia Subclass Elasmobranchii Family Etmopteridae Scientific name Centroscyllium excelsum Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squaliformes Genus Centroscyllium Higher classification Centroscyllium | |
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Similar Ornate dogfish, Bareskin dogfish, Pink lanternshark, Whitefin dogfish, Rasptooth dogfish | ||
The highfin dogfish, Centroscyllium excelsum, is a sleeper shark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean on the Emperor Seamount chain between latitudes 50 and 38°N, at depths between 800 and 1,000 m. It reaches a length of 63 cm.
The highfin dogfish is ovoviviparous.
References
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