Highfin dogfish

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Highfin dogfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Centroscyllium
Species:
C. excelsum
Binomial name
Centroscyllium excelsum
Shirai & Nakaya, 1990
Range of highfin dogfish (in blue)

The highfin dogfish (Centroscyllium excelsum) is a sleeper shark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean on the Emperor Seamount chain between latitudes 50 and 38°N, at depths between 800 and 1,000 m. It reaches a length of 63 cm.

The highfin dogfish is ovoviviparous.

References

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  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Centroscyllium excelsum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T161740A124536451. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161740A124536451.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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