Longnose velvet dogfish
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| Longnose velvet dogfish | |
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| File:Centroscymnus crepidater.jpg | |
| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| File:Centroscymnus crepidater 1892.jpg | |
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Centroselachus
Garman, 1913
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C. crepidater
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| Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
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| Range of the longnose velvet dogfish (in blue) | |
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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. It reaches a length of 130 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Centroselachus crepidater" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
- Stevens, J. 2003. Centroselachus crepidater. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
