Longnose velvet dogfish

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

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]

Conservation status

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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. ^ a b 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.