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Family: Somniosidae Sleeper sharks



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17 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Centroscymnus coelolepis Portuguese dogfish Western Atlantic 121 TL 1864
Centroscymnus owstonii Roughskin dogfish Atlantic, Pacific and Ind 148 TL 1906
Centroselachus crepidater Longnose velvet dogfish Eastern Atlantic 130 TL 1864
Scymnodalatias albicauda Whitetail dogfish Eastern Indian Ocean 111 TL 1986
Scymnodalatias garricki Azores dogfish Eastern Central Atlantic 1988
Scymnodalatias oligodon Sparsetooth dogfish Southeast Pacific. 1988
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi Sherwood dogfish Southwest Pacific 80.3 TL 1921
Scymnodon ichiharai Japanese velvet dogfish Indo-West Pacific 1984
Scymnodon macracanthus Largespine velvet dogfish Indo-Pacific 170 TL 1906
Scymnodon ringens Knifetooth dogfish Eastern Atlantic 110 TL 1864
Somniosus antarcticus Southern sleeper shark South Indo-Pacific and So 438 TL 1939
Somniosus cheni Taiwan sleeper shark Northwest Pacific 14.7 TL 2020
Somniosus longus Frog shark Western Pacific 130.1 TL 1912
Somniosus microcephalus Greenland shark Arctic and North and Cent 550 TL 1801
Somniosus pacificus Pacific sleeper shark North Pacific and Arctic 440 TL 1944
Somniosus rostratus Little sleeper shark Northeast Atlantic 143 TL 1827
Zameus squamulosus Velvet dogfish Atlantic, Indian and Paci 84 TL 1877



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