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'''Somniosidae''' is a family of [[shark]]s in the order [[Squaliformes]], commonly known as '''sleeper sharks'''.<ref>{{FishBase family |family=Somniosidae |month=February |year=2011}}</ref> |
'''Somniosidae''' is a family of [[shark]]s in the order [[Squaliformes]], commonly known as '''sleeper sharks'''.<ref>{{FishBase family |family=Somniosidae |month=February |year=2011}}</ref> |
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==Iceland== |
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In Iceland, the sharks are hunted for food. They let them rot for months to eliminate the poisonous anti-freeze these sharks have to survive in the cold temperatures they live in. They are then safe to eat. <ref>{{cite web|last=Simon |first=Matt |url=http://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/07/footnotes-lazy-sharks-humiliated-seals-and-googlers-eating-dogfood/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Interesting |title=Footnotes: Lazy Sharks, Humiliated Seals, and Googlers Eating Dog Food | Wired Opinion |publisher=Wired.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> |
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==Genera== |
==Genera== |
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Somniosidae is a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as sleeper sharks.[1]
Iceland
In Iceland, the sharks are hunted for food. They let them rot for months to eliminate the poisonous anti-freeze these sharks have to survive in the cold temperatures they live in. They are then safe to eat. [2]
Genera
- Centroscymnus Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864
- Centroscymnus coelolepis (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864) (Portuguese dogfish)
- Centroscymnus cryptacanthus (Regan, 1906) (Shortnose velvet dogfish)
- Centroscymnus owstoni (Garman, 1906) (Roughskin dogfish)
- Centroselachus Garman, 1913
- Centroselachus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864) (Longnose velvet dogfish)
- Proscymnodon Fowler, 1934
- Proscymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) (Largespine velvet dogfish)
- Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910) (Plunket shark)
- Scymnodalatias Garrick, 1956
- Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986 (Whitetail dogfish)
- Scymnodalatias garricki Kukuyev & Konovalenko, 1988 (Azores dogfish)
- Scymnodalatias oligodon Kukuyev & Konovalenko, 1988 (Sparsetooth dogfish)
- Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921) (Sherwood dogfish)
- Scymnodon Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864
- Scymnodon obscurus (Vaillant, 1888) (Smallmouth knifetooth dogfish)
- Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (Knifetooth dogfish)
- Somniosus Lesueur, 1818
- Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939 (Southern sleeper shark)
- Somniosus longus (Tanaka, 1912) (Frog shark)
- Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Greenland shark)
- Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark)
- Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1827) (Little sleeper shark)
- Zameus D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903
- Zameus ichiharai (Yano & S. Tanaka (II), 1984) (Japanese velvet dogfish)
- Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877) (Velvet dogfish)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Somniosidae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- ^ Simon, Matt. "Footnotes: Lazy Sharks, Humiliated Seals, and Googlers Eating Dog Food | Wired Opinion". Wired.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
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