Sherwood dogfish | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Somniosidae |
Genus: | Scymnodalatias |
Species: | S. sherwoodi
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Binomial name | |
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)
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Range of the Sherwood dogfish (in blue) |
The sherwood dogfish or Sherwood's dogfish (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi) is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found only around New Zealand.[2] The only specimen studied was about 80 cm long.[3]
The sherwood dogfish is ovoviviparous.[3]
In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the sherwood dogfish as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi | |
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Scymnodon sherwoodi |