Kingdom Animalia Subclass Elasmobranchii Family Somniosidae Scientific name Scymnodon ringens Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squaliformes Genus Scymnodon Higher classification Proscymnodon | |
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Similar Proscymnodon, Longnose velvet dogfish, Sailfin roughshark, Velvet dogfish, Birdbeak dogfish | ||
The knifetooth dogfish, is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and Senegal, and the southwest Pacific from New Zealand, between latitudes 58°N and 15°N, at depths of between 200 and 1,600 m. Its length is up to 1.1 m.
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