Highfin dogfish
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Species of shark
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Centroscyllium |
| Species: | C. excelsum
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| Binomial name | |
| Centroscyllium excelsum | |
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| Range of highfin dogfish (in blue) | |
Thehighfin dogfish(Centroscyllium excelsum) is asleeper sharkof thefamilyEtmopteridae,found in the northwestPacific Oceanon theEmperor Seamountchain between latitudes50and38°N,at depths between 800 and 1,000 m. It reaches a length of 63 cm.
The highfin dogfish isovoviviparous.
References
[edit]- ^Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021)."Centroscyllium excelsum".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2021:e.T161740A124536451.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161740A124536451.en.Retrieved18 November2021.
- Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Centroscyllium excelsum".FishBase.May 2006 version.
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