Kingdom Animalia Subclass Elasmobranchii Family Somniosidae Scientific name Somniosus rostratus Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squaliformes Genus Somniosus Higher classification Somniosus | |
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Similar Somniosus, Shark, Little gulper sh, Proscymnodon, Scymnodalatias | ||
The little sleeper shark (Somniosus rostratus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae found in the northeast Atlantic, western Mediterranean, and western Pacific around New Zealand, at depths between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 1.43 m.
References
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