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 and another caught in 2001.
| Azores dogfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Somniosidae |
| Genus: | Scymnodalatias |
| Species: | S. garricki
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| Binomial name | |
| Scymnodalatias garricki Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988
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| Range of the Azores dogfish (in blue) | |
The Azores dogfish lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean at depths of 300-2000m. Like most sharks, it is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
edit- ^ Finucci, B.; Derrick, D. (2021). "Scymnodalatias garricki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161583A124510538. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T161583A124510538.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Azores Dogfish | Scymnodalatias garricki | Shark Database". www.sharkwater.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scymnodalatias garricki". FishBase. February 2011 version.