Azores dogfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Scymnodalatias
Species:
S. garricki
Binomial name
Scymnodalatias garricki
Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988
Range of the Azores dogfish (in blue)

The Azores dogfish (Scymnodalatias garricki) is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae. It is known only from the holotype caught north of the Azores and another caught in 2001.

The Azores dogfish lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean at depths of 300-2000m. Like most sharks, it is ovoviviparous.[2]

References

  1. Finucci, B.; Derrick, D. (2021). "Scymnodalatias garricki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161583A124510538. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T161583A124510538.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Azores Dogfish | Scymnodalatias garricki | Shark Database". www.sharkwater.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
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