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Family: Somniosidae Sleeper sharks



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17 species (see list below)
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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 121 cm TL
Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

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Centroscymnus coelolepis
[Portuguese dogfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Atlantic, Pacific and Ind
Max. Length 148 cm TL
Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906

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Centroscymnus owstonii
[Roughskin dogfish]

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 130 cm TL
Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864)

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Centroselachus crepidater
[Longnose velvet dogfish]
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Max. Length 111 cm TL
 
Scymnodalatias albicauda
[Whitetail dogfish]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Central Atlantic

Scymnodalatias garricki Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988

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Scymnodalatias garricki
[Azores dogfish]

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Southeast Pacific.

Scymnodalatias oligodon Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988

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Scymnodalatias oligodon
[Sparsetooth dogfish]

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Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 80.3 cm TL
Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921)

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Scymnodalatias sherwoodi
[Sherwood dogfish]
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Scymnodon ichiharai
[Japanese velvet dogfish]

Photo by Duffy, C.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 170 cm TL
Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906)

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Scymnodon macracanthus
[Largespine velvet dogfish]

Photo by Serrano, A.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 110 cm TL
Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864

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Scymnodon ringens
[Knifetooth dogfish]

Photo by Reyes, P.

South Indo-Pacific and So
Max. Length 438 cm TL
Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939

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Somniosus antarcticus
[Southern sleeper shark]
No picture found

Max. Length 14.7 cm TL
 
Somniosus cheni
[Taiwan sleeper shark]
No picture found

Max. Length 130.1 cm TL
 
Somniosus longus
[Frog shark]

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Arctic and North and Cent
Max. Length 550 cm TL
Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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Somniosus microcephalus
[Greenland shark]

Photo by Gadig, O.B.F.

North Pacific and Arctic
Max. Length 440 cm TL
Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944

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Somniosus pacificus
[Pacific sleeper shark]

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Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 143 cm TL
Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1827)

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Somniosus rostratus
[Little sleeper shark]

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Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 84 cm TL
Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877)

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Zameus squamulosus
[Velvet dogfish]


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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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