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.

Azores dogfish

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Scymnodalatias
Species:
S. garricki
Binomial name
Scymnodalatias garricki
Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988
Range of the Azores dogfish (in blue)

References

  1. 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.
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