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Sherwood dogfish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Family
  
Somniosidae

Scientific name
  
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squaliformes

Genus
  
Scymnodalatias

Higher classification
  
Scymnodalatias

Sherwood dogfish

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