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Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939

Southern sleeper shark
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Uruguay country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 35864, 58839.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uy.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nión, H., C. Ríos and P. Meneses, 2002
National Database: Dinara

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks)
Etymology: Somniosus: Latin for sleepy, reflecting Lesueur’s surmise that these sharks are slow or sluggish because of their relatively small fins (hence the name sleeper sharks). (See ETYFish);  antarcticus: -icus (L.), belonging to: the Antarctic (Whitley presumed this to be the first shark recorded from there). (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Whitley.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 485 - 1150 m (Ref. 50224).   Deep-water

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