Roughskin dogfish

Roughskin dogfish
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Somniosidae
Genus:	Centroscymnus
Species:	C. owstonii
Binomial name
	Centroscymnus owstonii; (Garman, 1906)
	Range of the roughskin dogfish (in blue)
Synonyms
	Centroscymnus cryptacanthus Regan, 1906

The roughskin dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world on continental shelves in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas, at depths of between 100 and 1,500 m.[2][3] It reaches a length of 121 cm.[2]

Conservation status

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the roughskin dogfish as "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]

References

Finucci, B. & Kyne, P.M. 2018. Centroscymnus owstonii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T41749A68615392. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41749A68615392.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2018.
Carpenter, Kent E.; Capuli, Estelita Emily (2019). "Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906 Roughskin dogfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 978-0002169875. OCLC 9506630.
Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 9. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.

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[1] Finucci, B. & Kyne, P.M. 2018. Centroscymnus owstonii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T41749A68615392. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41749A68615392.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2018.

[:0-2] Carpenter, Kent E.; Capuli, Estelita Emily (2019). "Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906 Roughskin dogfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[3] Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 978-0002169875. OCLC 9506630.

[4] Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 9. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.