Longnose velvet dogfish

Longnose velvet dogfish
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Somniosidae
Genus:	Centroselachus; Garman, 1913
Species:	C. crepidater
Binomial name
	Centroselachus crepidater; (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
	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]

Conservation status

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.[4]

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References

Stevens, J. (30 April 2003). "Longnose Velvet Dogfish". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 30 April 2003. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0002169878. OCLC 9506630.
Carpenter, Kent E.; Capuli, Estelita Emily (January 2019). "Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864) Longnose velvet dogfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 9. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.

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[1] Stevens, J. (30 April 2003). "Longnose Velvet Dogfish". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 30 April 2003. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[2] Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0002169878. OCLC 9506630.

[:0-3] Carpenter, Kent E.; Capuli, Estelita Emily (January 2019). "Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864) Longnose velvet dogfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[4] Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 9. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.