The Somniosidae are a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as sleeper sharks. The common name "sleeper shark" comes from their slow...
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roughskin dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world on continental shelves in tropical, subtropical...
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adapt to the deep sea. The common ancestor of Dalatiidae, Etmopteridae, Somniosidae, and Oxynotidae possessed a luminous organ and used bioluminescence for...
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a widely distributed genus of deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae. Several members of the genus are believed to attain lengths up to 7 m...
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Scymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Somniosidae. There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Scymnodon ichiharai Ka...
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(Somniosidae), a family of slow-swimming sharks Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), a species of sleeper sharks in the family Somniosidae Roughskin...
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antarcticus), is a deepwater benthopelagic sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae found in the southern and subantarctic extremes of the Atlantic, Indian...
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Velvet dogfish (category Somniosidae)
only member of the genus Zameus, is a small sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world between latitudes 64°N and 48°S, from the surface...
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sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, measuring up to 4.4 m (14 ft) in length, although it could possibly...
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known as the gurry shark or grey shark, is a large shark of the family Somniosidae ("sleeper sharks"), closely related to the Pacific and southern sleeper...
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in deep water in the Pacific Ocean. It is in the sleeper shark family Somniosidae with the Greenland shark. The frog shark is known to grow to a maximum...
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Longnose velvet dogfish (category Somniosidae)
dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found circumglobally in southern hemisphere subtropical seas, at depths...
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Centroscymnus is a genus of squaliform sleeper sharks in the family Somniosidae and of the phylum chordata. Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage...
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(Scymnodon ichiharai) is a harmless deepwater sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the northwest Pacific from Suruga Bay and adjacent waters of...
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Plunket's shark (Scymnodon plunketi) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around south eastern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of...
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(Rhinoscymnus) cheni sp. nov., a new species of sleeper shark (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from eastern Taiwan, with aspects of embryo biology". Zoological Studies...
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bramble sharks Etmopteridae – lantern sharks Oxynotidae – rough sharks Somniosidae – sleeper sharks Squalidae – dogfish sharks Genus: Within the Squalidae...
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portal Scymnodalatias is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Somniosidae. Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986 (whitetail dogfish)...
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largespine velvet dogfish (Scymnodon macracanthus) is a shark of the family Somniosidae, found on the lower continental slopes between latitudes 50°S and 54°S...
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dogfish (Scymnodon ringens), is a harmless sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to Spain, Portugal, and...
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coelolepis) or Portuguese shark, is a species of sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae. This globally distributed species has been reported down to a depth...
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Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Dalatiidae Etmopteridae Oxynotidae (Rough sharks) Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)...
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(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...
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Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks) Family Oxynotidae (Rough sharks) Family Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Family Squalidae (Dogfish sharks) Family Echinorhinidae...
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Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Dalatiidae Etmopteridae Oxynotidae (Rough sharks) Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)...
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(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...
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Elasmobranchii Subdivision Selachii Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Dalatiidae Etmopteridae Oxynotidae Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)...
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Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Dalatiidae Etmopteridae Oxynotidae (Rough sharks) Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)...
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Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Dalatiidae Etmopteridae Oxynotidae (Rough sharks) Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)...
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Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Dalatiidae Etmopteridae Oxynotidae (Rough sharks) Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)...
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