Azores dogfish
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.
| Azores dogfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Scymnodalatias |
| Species: | S. garricki |
| Binomial name | |
| Scymnodalatias garricki Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988 | |
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| Range of the Azores dogfish (in blue) | |
The Azores dogfish lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean at depths of 300-2000m. Like most sharks, it is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
- Séret, B., McCormack, C. & Pinho, M. 2015. Scymnodalatias garricki. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T161583A48958827. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T161583A48958827.en. Downloaded on 19 October 2017.
- "Azores Dogfish | Scymnodalatias garricki | Shark Database". www.sharkwater.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Scymnodalatias garricki" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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