Sherwood dogfish
Encyclopedia
The sherwood dogfish, 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 long.
The sherwood dogfish is ovoviviparous.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Somniosidae
Somniosidae
Somniosidae is a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as sleeper sharks.-Genera:* Centroscymnus Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864...
, found only around New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The only specimen studied was about 80 cm long.
The sherwood dogfish is ovoviviparous.