Longnose velvet dogfish

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.[2][3] It reaches a length of 130 cm.[3] It has a diet consisting of predominantly mesopelagic fishes and squids.[4]

Longnose velvet dogfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Centroselachus
Garman, 1913
Species:
C. crepidater
Binomial name
Centroselachus crepidater
(Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
Range of the longnose velvet dogfish (in blue)

Conservation status

The New Zealand Department of Conservation has classified the longnose velvet dogfish as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[5]

References
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  1. Finucci, B.; Cheok, J.; Cotton, C.F.; Kulka, D.W.; Neat, F.C.; Pacoureau, N.; Rigby, C.L.; Tanaka, S.; Walker, T.I. (2020). "Centroselachus crepidater". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T46864A68615502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T46864A68615502.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey J. (1982). Collins guide to the sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland [N.Z.]: Collins. ISBN 0002169878. OCLC 9506630.
  3. Carpenter, Kent E.; Capuli, Estelita Emily (January 2019). "Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864) Longnose velvet dogfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. Dunn, M., Szabo, A., McVeagh, M., & Smith, P. (2010). The diet of deepwater sharks and the benefits of using DNA identification of prey. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 57(7), 923–930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2010.02.006
  5. 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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