Scymnodon

Scymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Somniosidae.

Scymnodon
Scymnodon plunketi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Scymnodon
Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864
Synonyms

Proscymnodon Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 [1]

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Scymnodon ichiharai Ka. Yano & S. Tanaka (II), 1984 (Japanese velvet dogfish) [1]
  • Scymnodon macracanthus Regan, 1906 (Largespine velvet dogfish) [1]
  • Scymnodon plunketi Waite, 1910 (Plunket's shark) [1]
  • Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (Knifetooth dogfish)
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References
  1. White, W.T., Vaz, D.F.B., Ho, H.-C., Ebert, D.A., Carvalho, M.R.d., Corrigan, S., Rochel, E., Carvalho, M.d., Tanaka, S. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2014): Redescription of Scymnodon ichiharai Yano and Tanaka 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from the western North Pacific, with comments on the definition of somniosid genera. Ichthyological Research, 62 (2): 213-229.


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