Centroscymnus

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Centroscymnus
Roughskin dogfish Centroscymnus owstoni Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Dalatiidae Genus: Centroscymnus Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864
Species
See text.

Centroscymnus is a genus of squaliform sleeper sharks in the family Dalatiidae.

[edit] Species

• • Portuguese dogfish, Centroscymnus coelolepis (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
  • Longnose velvet dogfish, Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
  • Shortnose velvet dogfish, Centroscymnus cryptacanthus (Regan, 1906)
  • Largespine velvet dogfish, Centroscymnus macracanthus (Regan, 1906)
  • Roughskin dogfish, Centroscymnus owstoni (Garman, 1906)
  • Plunket shark, Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910)

[edit] References

• "Centroscymnus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.