Longnose velvet dogfish
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Species of sharkTemplate:SHORTDESC:Species of shark
| Longnose velvet dogfish | |
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| File:Centroscymnus crepidater.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Centroselachus Garman, 1913 |
| Species: | C. crepidater
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| Binomial name | |
| Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
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| File:Centroselachus crepidater distmap.png | |
| Range of the longnose velvet dogfish (in blue) | |
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.[2][3] It reaches a length of 130 cm.[3] It has a diet consisting of predominantly mesopelagic fishes and squids.[4]
Conservation status
[edit | edit source]The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the longnose velvet dogfish as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[5]
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