Highfin dogfish

The highfin dogfish (Centroscyllium excelsum) is a sleeper shark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean on the Emperor Seamount chain between latitudes 50 and 38°N, at depths between 800 and 1,000 m. It reaches a length of 63 cm.

Highfin dogfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Centroscyllium
Species:
C. excelsum
Binomial name
Centroscyllium excelsum
Shirai & Nakaya, 1990
Range of highfin dogfish (in blue)

The highfin dogfish is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. McCormack, C., Nakaya, K. & Samiengo, B. 2009. Centroscyllium excelsum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161740A5492923. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161740A5492923.en. Downloaded on 12 October 2017.


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