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Longnose velvet dogfish

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Kingdom
  
Subclass
  
Family
  
Higher classification
  
Centroscymnus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scientific name
  
Centroscymnus crepidater

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
CentroselachusGarman, 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.

References

Longnose velvet dogfish Wikipedia


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