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Longnose velvet dogfish

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Kingdom  Animalia
Subclass  Elasmobranchii
Family  Somniosidae
Higher classification  Centroscymnus
Phylum  Chordata
Order  Squaliformes
Scientific name  Centroscymnus crepidater
Rank  Species
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Genus  Centroselachus Garman, 1913
Similar  Centroscymnus, Proscymnodon, Velvet dogfish, Birdbeak dogfish, Portuguese dogfish

The longnose velvet dogfish, Centroselachus crepidater, is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found circumglobally in southern hemisphere subtropical seas, at depths of between 230 and 1,500 m. It reaches a length of 130 cm.

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Longnose velvet dogfish Wikipedia