Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Genus Scymnodalatias Higher classification Scymnodalatias | |
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Similar Scymnodalatias, Ornate dogfish, Japanese velvet dogfish, Largespine velvet dogfish, Bareskin dogfish | ||
The sherwood dogfish, Scymnodalatias sherwoodi, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found only around New Zealand. The only specimen studied was about 80 cm long.
The sherwood dogfish is ovoviviparous.
References
Sherwood dogfish Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA