Sherwood dogfish
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S. sherwoodi
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| Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)
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The sherwood dogfish, Scymnodalatias sherwoodi, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found only around New Zealand. The only specimen studied was about 80 cm long.
The sherwood dogfish is ovoviviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Scymnodalatias sherwoodi" 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
