Longnose velvet dogfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
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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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]
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]